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.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
First Time appeared Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
Weaknesses CWE-841
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-09-11T02:07:28.763Z

Updated: 2026-09-11T02:07:28.763Z

Reserved: 2026-08-22T23:41:22.635Z

Link: CVE-2026-78135

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T03:16:23.160

Modified: 2026-09-11T03:16:23.160

Link: CVE-2026-78135

cve-icon Redhat

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