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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2026-78135

libcharon in strongSwan 5.9.7 through 6.0.7 mishandles behavioral workflow in the IKEv2 state machine. Because CREATE_CHILD_SA requests are mishandled, there can be an authentication bypass.

MediumVendor CVSS 5.6 / 10 1 CVE Published Sep 12, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTC

Summary

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Products covered

  • azl3 strongswan 5.9.14-10 on Azure Linux 3.0

Remediation

See the Microsoft Security Update Guide for the update that applies to your product.

Vendor-listed fixes

  • 5.9.14-11

CVEs in this advisory 1

Update history

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    • Added fixed versions: 5.9.14-11.

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