{"id":"CVE-2026-78123","title":"strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.","summary":"strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-825"],"vendor":"strongswan","product":"strongswan","affected":["strongswan >= 5.0.2, < 6.1.0"],"patched":["strongswan 6.1.0"],"published":"2026-09-11","updated":"2026-09-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-15T16:17:24.463","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78123","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78123).html","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-15T15:25:21.384557Z"},"epss":0.00413,"epssPercentile":0.35143,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-11T16:45:47.858Z","slug":"CVE-2026-78123","body":"## Overview\n\nstrongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `strongswan >= 5.0.2, < 6.1.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `strongswan 6.1.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":33,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}