01 Record
CVE-2026-81020
wolfEngine reuses the AES-GCM nonce on every TLS 1.2 / DTLS 1.2 record
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: wolfSSL
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
wolfEngine reuses the AES-GCM nonce on every TLS 1.2 / DTLS 1.2 record
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-29.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-28 14:42Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-28 18:19Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- wolfSSL
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-323Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in EncryptionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 09957ea2760a49617eb80531f270742c08c0b753c4ad2d2b2f51770073e4507d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wolfssl.comwolfSSL security advisorieshttps://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/
07 Remediation
Upgrade to wolfEngine 1.4.1, which increments the explicit nonce after each record. As an interim mitigation use AES-CCM or TLS 1.3 instead of TLS 1.2 / DTLS 1.2 AES-GCM.