EUVD Vulnerability Catalog

EUVD-2026-94161

Severity: CRITICAL Base Score: 9 CVSS Version: 4.0

Vulnerability Description

wolfSSH does not validate that the ECDSA curve identifier in a KEXDH_REPLY host key blob matches the algorithm negotiated during key exchange. In ParseECCPubKey() (src/internal.c), the blob's algorithm string is used to derive the curve via NameToId/wcPrimeForId without checking against the negotiated ssh->handshake->pubKeyId, and the RFC 5656 curve identifier string is discarded via GetSkip() rather than compared. An active network man-in-the-middle attacker can substitute a host key blob containing a different ECDSA curve, causing the client to import the key on the wrong curve. Because the attacker controls the private key for the substituted curve, signature verification passes. Exploitation requires an active MitM position and a lax public key check callback (e.g., TOFU, algorithm-name-only check, or fingerprint match against the parsed key).

CVSS Vector Analysis

Below is the complete, human-readable breakdown of the CVSS metric string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N

▪ Attack Vector (AV): Network
▪ Attack Complexity (AC): Low
▪ Attack Requirements (AT): Present
▪ Privileges Required (PR): None
▪ User Interaction (UI): None
▪ Vulnerability Confidentiality Impact (VC): Low
▪ Vulnerability Integrity Impact (VI): High
▪ Vulnerability Availability Impact (VA): None
▪ Subsequent Confidentiality Impact (SC): Low
▪ Subsequent Integrity Impact (SI): High
▪ Subsequent Availability Impact (SA): None

Affected Vendors & Systems

Vendor wolfSSL Inc.

References & Advisory Links

Metadata Profile

Database Authority

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) EUVD

Assigner

wolfSSL

EPSS Probability

0

Known Aliases
CVE-2026-16516
Published On

2026-10-07

Last Updated

2026-10-07