SWUpdate through 2026.05.1 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c that trusts untrusted X.509 certificates embedded in CMS SignedData for chain building. Attackers holding a signing key from a sibling intermediate under the same root can embed that intermediate in the signature to install malicious updates.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-18 12:17
- First seenCVSS 9.2NVD modified 2026-10-12 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/blob/2026.05.1/crypto/swupdate_cms_verify_openssl.c
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/e66c5640664a31668926a24c0c84b6b6570dc0d9
- https://groups.google.com/g/swupdate/c/dsoMcGFnEns
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/swupdate-through-2026.05.1-cms-signature-verification-bypass-via-embedded-intermediates