# CVE-2026-43820: NIOSSLCertificate.\_subjectAlternativeNames provides access to the raw bytes for a cert's SANs.

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.37.2
- Published: 2026-07-23 · Updated: 2026-07-24

## Affected

- Apple swift-nio-ssl: fixed in 2.37.2

## Description

NIOSSLCertificate._subjectAlternativeNames provides access to the raw bytes for a cert's SANs. NIOSSL provides access to a buffer assumed to be backed by an ASN1_STRING, but not all SANs are backed by ASN1_STRING, so accessing the buffer for such a type can lead to out-of-bounds memory access. This vulnerability is addressed in swift-nio-ssl version 2.37.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple swift-nio-ssl, upgrade to a fixed version (2.37.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl/security/advisories/GHSA-xfxg-9975-pc2j

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