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CVE-2026-81020: CWE-323 Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption in wolfSSL Inc. wolfEngine

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-81020cvecve-2026-81020cwe-323
Published: 08/28/2026 (08/28/2026, 14:42:59 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: wolfSSL Inc.
Product: wolfEngine

Description

wolfEngine before 1.4.1 generates the 8-byte explicit AES-GCM nonce once when the TLS write key is set and never increments it per record. As a result every TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2 AES-GCM record within a connection is encrypted under an identical key and nonce pair. Reusing a GCM key and nonce discloses the keystream (the XOR of two ciphertexts equals the XOR of their plaintexts, so one known record recovers the others) and leaks the GHASH authentication key, enabling authentication tag forgery. AES-CCM, TLS 1.3, and non-TLS use of the cipher are not affected.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.4high

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

Affected software

GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
wolfEngine
pkg:github/wolfEngine
Affected versions
<=1.4.0

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
wolfSSL
Date Reserved
2026-08-26T14:40:11.656Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a91ab5dacd9273b490abfe1

Added to database: 08/28/2026, 15:38:05 UTC

Last updated: 08/29/2026, 01:02:22 UTC

Views: 8

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