Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-8789-1
USN-8789-1: strongSwan vulnerabilities
It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled PKCS#7 containers in the openssl plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-78123) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled memory when enumerating certificates in PKCS#7 containers in the openssl plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-78124) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled AKA-Synchronization-Failure messages in the eap-aka plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-78126) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled memory when stringifying IKE messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-78127) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled PKCS#5 decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-78129) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled attribute certificates in the x509 plugin when the issuer name was missing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-78130) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled memory when parsing attribute certificates in the x509 plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-78131) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled attribute certificates containing ietfAttrSyntax values in the x509 plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-78132) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled IKEv2 rekeying collisions with multi-key exchange. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-78133) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly validated inner EAP method authentication details in the eap-ttls and eap-peap plugins. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2026-78134) It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled CREATE_CHIL