# CVE-2026-1005: Integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds access in sniffer AES-GCM/CCM/ARIA-GCM decrypt path

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-19 · Updated: 2026-03-19

## Affected

- wolfSSL: through 5.8.4

## Description

Integer underflow in wolfSSL packet sniffer <= 5.8.4 allows an attacker to cause a buffer overflow in the AEAD decryption path by injecting a TLS record shorter than the explicit IV plus authentication tag into traffic inspected by ssl_DecodePacket. The underflow wraps a 16-bit length to a large value that is passed to AEAD decryption routines, causing heap buffer overflow and a crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this remotely via malformed TLS Application Data records.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wolfSSL, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9571

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