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CVE-2026-78134

high

strongSwan 4.5.0 through 6.0.7 has Incorrect Access Control in the eap-ttls and eap-peap plugins because there can be a missing or mismatched inner EAP identit…

Vendor / product: Strongswan — strongswan

strongSwan 4.5.0 through 6.0.7 has Incorrect Access Control in the eap-ttls and eap-peap plugins because there can be a missing or mismatched inner EAP identity.

CVSS
7.1
7.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@mitre.org)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-11 02:18
Modified: 2026-09-14 20:06
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

strongswan / strongswan ≥4.5.0 <6.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0
Vendor advisory: https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78134).html
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0
Patch / mitigation: https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78134).html

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗

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