In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.
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Description In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.
Title wolfSSL EVP ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD authentication tag
Weaknesses CWE-354
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wolfSSL

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T02:38:39.918Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T08:22:18.791Z

Link: CVE-2026-5479

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-10T04:17:16.930

Modified: 2026-04-10T04:17:16.930

Link: CVE-2026-5479

cve-icon Redhat

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