CVE-2026-5477CWE-190

Prefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC

High · published April 10, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to forge CMAC tags. The function wc_CmacUpdate used the guard `if (cmac->totalSz != 0)` to skip XOR-chaining on the first block (where digest is all-zeros and the XOR is a no-op). However, totalSz is word32 and wraps to zero after 2^28 block flushes (4 GiB), causing the guard to erroneously discard the live CBC-MAC chain state. Any two messages sharing a common suffix beyond the 4 GiB mark then produce identical CMAC tags, enabling a zero-work prefix-substitution forgery. The fix removes the guard, making the XOR unconditional; the no-op property on the first block is preserved because digest is zero-initialized by wc_InitCmac_ex.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00350 · 27.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2026-04-10T05:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 APR 05:06Z
    Prefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC
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