CVE-2026-78132
NVD: strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax. OSV: strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.
7.5 Severity
HIGH EPSS
0.0032 (24) KEV
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Source-published summary
NVD: strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax. OSV: strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.
Possible impact
This high severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for high severity review.
Affected context
vendor/product: strongswan / strongswan
Remediation / advisory
Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.
Why it matters
This high severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for high severity review.; CVSS 7.5 (HIGH); EPSS percentile 24; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD, OSV, Vendor Advisory.
What to verify
Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.
Exposure hint
exposure unknown
Impact tags
Urgency reasons
Source-derived note
Summary derived from NVD / OSV / Vendor Advisory description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.
Redaction metadata
- source summary used
- True
- fallback summary used
- False
- unsafe procedural detail present
- false
- raw source displayed
- false
- public summary redacted
- true
Remediation handoff
Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.
Safety note
This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.