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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55961

wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so the underlying signed-data verification succeeds without authenticating any content. The compatibility-layer verify path now rejects the object when no signer signature has actually been verified, so a PKCS#7 carrying no valid signature is no longer reported as verified. This is enforced regardless of the PKCS7_NOVERIFY flag, which only suppresses signer certificate chain validation and was never intended to waive the requirement that a signature exist. Only affects OpenSSL compatibility builds that call the PKCS7_verify() compatibility API on potentially degenerate PKCS#7 bundles.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 wolfssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.5.4-2+deb12u3"}]}]
Debian:13 wolfssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2"}]}]

References

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