{"id":"CVE-2026-78132","title":"strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.","summary":"strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-835"],"vendor":"strongswan","product":"strongswan","affected":["strongswan >= 5.1.3, < 6.1.0"],"patched":["strongswan 6.1.0"],"published":"2026-09-11","updated":"2026-09-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-14T20:08:12.657","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78132","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-2026-78132).html","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00315,"epssPercentile":0.21724,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-14T15:10:36.917536Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-11T16:45:47.859Z","slug":"CVE-2026-78132","body":"## Overview\n\nstrongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `strongswan >= 5.1.3, < 6.1.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `strongswan 6.1.0`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}