CVE-2026-5479 — wolfSSL EVP ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD authentication tag
In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication …
Published: 2026-04-10 · CVSS: 7.6 · CVSS 4.0
In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7