CVE-2026-109399
8.1, highSWUpdate through 2026.05.1 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c that trusts…
- CVSS
- 8.1, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.2% higher than 10.4% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- No public evidence
- Published
- 12 Oct 20265 days ago
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.
Details
- Vendor
- Sbabic
- Product
- swupdate
- Weakness
- CWE-295 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Deferred
- Updated
- 16 Oct 2026
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 5
Patches and fixes 1
Other references 4
- github.com /sbabic/swupdate (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /sbabic/swupdate/blob/2026.05.1/crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c (opens in a new tab)
- groups.google.com /g/swupdate/c/dsoMcGFnEns (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com /advisories/swupdate-through-2026.05.1-cms-signature-verification-bypass-via-embedded-intermediates (opens in a new tab)
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.