CVE-2026-78131

Publication date 7 September 2026

Last updated 21 September 2026

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

strongSwan 4.2.0 through 6.0.7 has a missing release of memory after its effective lifetime in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
strongswan	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 6.0.4-1ubuntu3.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.5
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 5.9.5-2ubuntu2.8
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
strongswan	Upstream: https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2026-78131/strongswan-5.5.3-6.0.7_x509_ac_leaks.patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.7 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.7 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8789-1
strongSwan vulnerabilities
21 September 2026

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