Description
In all builds that make use of (D)TLS, including default builds, there is a series of conditional states during the TLS shutdown which could lead to a heap-use-after free. If an application ended up getting a partial wolfSSL_read() which is sometimes caused by a small user buffer passed in, then called wolfSSL_shutdown for a bidirectional close and attempted to wolfSSL_read() again while the peer continues trying to send data during the shutdown it would lead to a state where a potential heap-use-after free happened.
Published: 2026-09-27
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wolfssl
Wolfssl wolfssl
Vendors & Products Wolfssl
Wolfssl wolfssl

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Description In all builds that make use of (D)TLS, including default builds, there is a series of conditional states during the TLS shutdown which could lead to a heap-use-after free. If an application ended up getting a partial wolfSSL_read() which is sometimes caused by a small user buffer passed in, then called wolfSSL_shutdown for a bidirectional close and attempted to wolfSSL_read() again while the peer continues trying to send data during the shutdown it would lead to a state where a potential heap-use-after free happened.
Title Heap use-after-free on read during bidirectional (D)TLS shutdown
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wolfSSL

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-27T09:24:31.594Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T19:09:12.486Z

Link: CVE-2026-15442

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-27T10:16:56.893

Modified: 2026-09-27T10:16:56.893

Link: CVE-2026-15442

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T12:00:16Z

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