CVE-2026-47895 (GCVE-0-2026-47895)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2026-08-24 13:01
VLAI
Summary
In strongSwan before 6.0.7, identity parsing/cloning is mishandled. Parsed EAP-Identities that result in an empty but non-NULL encoding are not correctly cloned and trigger a double-free once the duplicates are destroyed.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-24 12:43 UTC
CWE
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
strongSwan strongSwan Affected: 4.3.3 , < 6.0.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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