# CVE-2026-10512: X25519 x86\_64 assembly final reduction leaves non-canonical field element

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/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
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- wolfSSL: from 5.6.4, through 5.9.1

## Description

The X25519 x86_64 assembly implementation fails to clear the most significant bit during the final modular reduction, so the computed result may not be fully reduced modulo the field prime 2^255 - 19. This can leave the field element in a non-canonical form, producing an incorrect result from the scalar multiplication and potentially a wrong shared secret. The final carry-propagation chains in the x64 and AVX2 reduction routines could overflow into the top bit, and the high limb was not masked afterward, so the 255-bit field element was left non-canonical.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10536
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/

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