CVE-2018-6459: Strongswan

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

Affected products

• Strongswan Strongswan: version 5.6.1 only

Published 2018-02-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.