CVE-2026-55960

wolfssl: Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation

CVE-2026-55960 is fixed in wolfssl on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55960 (version 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2), released June 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0023
14th percentile

Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation. A raw public key has no chain, so ParseCertRelative() accepts it without performing any trust verification; it must therefore only be accepted when RPK was actually negotiated for that peer. The check now defaults the expected type to X.509 (per RFC 7250/8446) when no type was negotiated, comparing against the received server certificate type on the client and the selected client certificate type on the server, and rejects any mismatch, including an un-negotiated raw public key, with UNSUPPORTED_CERTIFICATE. Only affects builds with Raw Public Key support (HAVE_RPK) enabled - disabled by default in a standalone build, but included in --enable-all.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
wolfssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55960 Jun 25, 2026

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