CVE•Published 2026-09-11•Modified 2026-09-15•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-78123Strongswan · Strongswan
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
35
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 65% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-11
Modified 2026-09-15
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-78123Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Strongswan Strongswan"All exposed Strongswan Strongswan instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Strongswan"HTTP body or banner mentions "Strongswan" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-78123Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-78123Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-78123Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-78123GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-78123" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-78123 on GitHub.
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