strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6487-1 strongswan security update
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Title Infinite Loop in StrongSwan X.509 Attribute Certificate Parser

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Description strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.
First Time appeared Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T01:49:15.049Z

Reserved: 2026-08-22T23:35:56.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-78132

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-11T02:18:34.613

Modified: 2026-09-11T14:56:16.913

Link: CVE-2026-78132

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Updated: 2026-09-11T07:00:03Z

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