CVE-2026-5460

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-10. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A heap use-after-free exists in wolfSSL's TLS 1.3 post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hybrid KeyShare processing. In the error handling path of TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcHybridClient() in src/tls.c, the inner function TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcClient_ex() frees a KyberKey object upon encountering an error. The caller then invokes TLSX_KeyShare_FreeAll(), which attempts to call ForceZero() on the already-freed KyberKey, resulting in writes of zero bytes over freed heap memory.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 10, 2026

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Fix PQC hybrid KeyShare pointer sanity. by anhu · Pull Request #10092 · wolfSSL/wolfssl · GitHub

https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl/pull/10092

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5460(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wolfssl4.6.0+p1-0+deb11u1 ... 5.9.2-1 (40 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wolfssl5.5.4-2 ... 5.9.2-1 (27 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wolfssl5.7.2-0.1 ... 5.9.2-1 (14 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5460?
CVE-2026-5460 is a medium vulnerability published on April 10, 2026. A heap use-after-free exists in wolfSSL's TLS 1.3 post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hybrid KeyShare processing. In the error handling path of TLSXKeyShareProcessPqcHybridClient() in src/tls.c, the inner function TLSXKeyShareProcessPqcClientex() frees a KyberKey object upon encountering an error. The…
When was CVE-2026-5460 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5460 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 10, 2026, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5460 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5460 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 88.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5460?
CVE-2026-5460 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5460?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5460, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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