CVE-2026-6331

wolfssl: HMAC zero-length tag forgery in EVP_DigestVerifyFinal, where a zero-length tag could be accepted as valid during HMAC...

CVE-2026-6331 is fixed in wolfssl on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6331, released July 18, 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
0.0019
8th percentile

HMAC zero-length tag forgery in EVP_DigestVerifyFinal, where a zero-length tag could be accepted as valid during HMAC verification. In the OpenSSL-compatibility HMAC verify path the supplied signature length was only checked as not exceeding the MAC length, so a zero-length or otherwise truncated tag could pass verification. The fix requires the supplied tag length to exactly equal the MAC length and rejects a zero-length MAC, so a forged short or empty tag is no longer accepted.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
wolfssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6331 Jul 18, 2026
wolfssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6331 Jul 18, 2026

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