🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-78135

MEDIUM 5.6
CVSS Score
5.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

libcharon in strongSwan 5.9.7 through 6.0.7 mishandles behavioral workflow in the IKEv2 state machine. Because CREATE_CHILD_SA requests are mishandled, there can be an authentication bypass.

CWE CWE-841
Vendor strongswan
Product strongswan
Published Sep 11, 2026
Last Updated Sep 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

strongSwan / strongSwan
5.9.7 < 6.1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
github.com: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0 strongswan.org: https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78135).html