CVE-2026-78135

Published Sep 11, 2026

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description
libcharon in strongSwan 5.9.7 through 6.0.7 mishandles behavioral workflow in the IKEv2 state machine. Because CREATE_CHILD_SA requests are mishandled, there can be an authentication bypass.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
strongswan

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.3
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

cve@mitre.org
CWE-841

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations