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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-1071

NIXPKGS-2026-1071
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updated 5 hours ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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Prefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC

An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to forge CMAC tags. The function wc_CmacUpdate used the guard `if (cmac->totalSz != 0)` to skip XOR-chaining on the first block (where digest is all-zeros and the XOR is a no-op). However, totalSz is word32 and wraps to zero after 2^28 block flushes (4 GiB), causing the guard to erroneously discard the live CBC-MAC chain state. Any two messages sharing a common suffix beyond the 4 GiB mark then produce identical CMAC tags, enabling a zero-work prefix-substitution forgery. The fix removes the guard, making the XOR unconditional; the no-op property on the first block is preserved because digest is zero-initialized by wc_InitCmac_ex.

Affected products

wolfSSL
  • =<5.9.0

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pkgs.wolfssl

Small, fast, portable implementation of TLS/SSL for embedded devices

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