CVE-2026-55964CWE-295

Chain intermediate CA:TRUE without keyCertSign accepted as a signing CA (temporary CA exemption)

Medium · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Chain intermediate CA:TRUE without keyCertSign accepted as a signing CA. Intermediate CA certificates are required to have the keyCertSign key usage when a Key Usage extension is present, but chain-supplied temporary CAs (WOLFSSL_TEMP_CA) added while building a certificate path were previously exempted from this check, so an intermediate asserting CA:TRUE but lacking keyCertSign was accepted as a signing CA. The check now applies to chain-supplied temporary CAs as well; only operator-loaded root certificates (WOLFSSL_USER_CA) and self-signed roots remain exempt. Per RFC 5280 an absent Key Usage extension implies all usages, so the requirement is enforced only when the extension is actually present (extKeyUsageSet). Affects the OpenSSL-compatibility certificate-path-building path (X509_verify_cert / X509_STORE, OPENSSL_EXTRA/OPENSSL_ALL), where untrusted chain intermediates are added as temporary CAs; native (non-OpenSSL-compat) certificate verification does not create temporary CAs and is unaffected. Within those builds, the check applies unless ALLOW_INVALID_CERTSIGN is defined.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00190 · 8.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2026-06-25T19:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 19:30Z
    Chain intermediate CA:TRUE without keyCertSign accepted as a signing CA (temporary CA exemption)
    cvelistv5