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High ALAS2023-2026-3253 2 CVEs

Important: libreswan security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Oct 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 26, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-94453: A use-after-free flaw was found in Libreswan's IKE-over-TCP handling. When a TCP connection closes and additional packet processing occurs for the same connection tuple, the IKE daemon may access a previously freed interface endpoint object. A remote, unauthenticated attacker may exploit this flaw to cause the pluto daemon to crash and restart, resulting in denial of service. CVE-2026-77207: A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libreswan's PKCS#7 certificate payload handling. When processing a crafted IKEv2 IKE_AUTH packet containing a PKCS#7 bundle with a certificate revocation list but no certificates, Libreswan may dereference a null pointer, causing the pluto daemon to crash and restart. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 libreswan 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 libreswan-debuginfo 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 libreswan-debugsource 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-77207.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-94453.html