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High · 8.3 CVE-2026-10097 EUVD-2026-39553GHSA-hcgc-hfp6-58v4

ML-KEM-1024 x64 AVX2 incomplete cipher text comparison enables IND-CCA2 break and static private-key recovery

Published Jun 25, 2026 · Updated Jun 26, 2026 · Assigned by wolfSSL

Description

wolfSSL's AVX2-optimized ML-KEM implementation (mlkem_cmp_avx2) compares only 1536 of the 1568 ciphertext bytes during the Fujisaki-Okamoto re-encryption check in ML-KEM-1024 decapsulation. Ciphertexts that differ from the expected re-encryption solely in bytes 1536-1567 bypass implicit rejection and are accepted as valid, breaking IND-CCA2 security. An attacker able to submit chosen ciphertexts to a decapsulation oracle that uses a static ML-KEM-1024 key, and to observe whether the genuine shared secret or the implicit-rejection secret was produced, can use this as a plaintext-checking oracle to recover the private key. A proof of concept recovered a full ML-KEM-1024 private key with approximately 98% success using roughly 350 chosen ciphertexts. The flaw is a deterministic logic error and does not rely on timing measurements.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wolfSSL wolfSSL 5.7.0 – ≤ 5.9.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 wolfssl No fix yet —
Debian 12 wolfssl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS wolfssl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 wolfssl 5.9.2-r0 —

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