{"id":"CVE-2026-5772","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-5772","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:14:51.043Z","title":"If a wildcard * exhausts the entire hostname string, the function reads one byte past the buffer without a bounds check, which could cause a crash.","description":"A 1-byte stack buffer over-read was identified in the MatchDomainName function (src/internal.c) during wildcard hostname validation when the LEFT_MOST_WILDCARD_ONLY flag is active.  If a wildcard * exhausts the entire hostname string, the function reads one byte past the buffer without a bounds check, which could cause a crash.","published":"2026-04-09T22:16:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:59:37.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"facts@wolfssl.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-126"],"affected":["wolfssl/wolfssl"],"epss":{"score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13403,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10119","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"facts@wolfssl.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5772","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}