CVE-2026-3548 HIGH

CVE-2026-3548: Buffer overflow in CRL number parsing in wolfSSL

Vendor Wolfssl
Product wolfSSL
Weakness CWE-787
Published March 19, 2026
Last update March 19, 2026

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities existed in the wolfSSL CRL parser when parsing CRL numbers: a heap-based buffer overflow could occur when improperly storing the CRL number as a hexadecimal string, and a stack-based overflow for sufficiently sized CRL numbers. With appropriately crafted CRLs, either of these out of bound writes could be triggered. Note this only affects builds that specifically enable CRL support, and the user would need to load a CRL from an untrusted source.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 19, 2026 CVE published
March 19, 2026 Record updated