GHSA-xf8v-f779-856cCriticalCVSS 8.1
SWUpdate through 2026.05.1 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in crypto...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
SWUpdate through 2026.05.1 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c that trusts untrusted X.509 certificates embedded in CMS SignedData for chain building. Attackers holding a signing key from a sibling intermediate under the same root can embed that intermediate in the signature to install malicious updates.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109399
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/e66c5640664a31668926a24c0c84b6b6570dc0d9
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/blob/2026.05.1/crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c
- https://groups.google.com/g/swupdate/c/dsoMcGFnEns
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/swupdate-through-2026.05.1-cms-signature-verification-bypass-via-embedded-intermediates
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf8v-f779-856c