CVE detail
CVE-2026-50722
Libreswan, via the function RSA_authenticate_hash_signature_pkcs1_1_5_rsa(), did not correctly verify the DER encoding of the ASN.1 digest when the IKEv2 AUTH payload was encoded using RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 (RFC 8017). A remote attacker can use a variation on the Bleichenbacher attack to forge the AUTH payload when small public exponents are used (e.g., e=3), leading to impersonation. Additionally, a remote attacker, by encoding a shorter than expected hash in the AUTH payload, could trigger an assertion leading to denial-of-service. The daemon aborts and restarts; continued exploitation causes sustained denial of service. Remote code execution is not possible. X.509 certificate verifications of the remote IKE peer are not affected.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 4
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 4
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
4 source links · newest first
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8017www.rfc-editor.org
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Third Party Advisorywww.rfc-editor.orgJul 2, 2026, 10:16 PM No excerpt available.
Vendor Advisorylibreswan.orgJul 2, 2026, 10:16 PM- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50722/libreswan.org
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Vendor Advisorylibreswan.orgJul 2, 2026, 10:16 PM No excerpt available.
Vendor Advisorylibreswan.orgJul 2, 2026, 10:16 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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