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CVE-2026-3580

Compiler-induced timing leak in sp_256_get_entry_256_9 on RISC-V

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.9.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In wolfSSL 5.8.4, constant-time masking logic in sp_256_get_entry_256_9 is optimized into conditional branches (bnez) by GCC when targeting RISC-V RV32I with -O3. This transformation breaks the side-channel resistance of ECC scalar multiplication, potentially allowing a local attacker to recover secret keys via timing analysis.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wolfSSL wolfSSL

    fixed in 5.9.0

References 1

GitHub · wolfSSL/wolfssl