Critical severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2026-3549
ECH parsing heap buffer overflow
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap Overflow in TLS 1.3 ECH parsing. An integer underflow existed in ECH extension parsing logic when calculating a buffer length, which resulted in writing beyond the bounds of an allocated buffer. Note that in wolfSSL, ECH is off by default, and the ECH standard is still evolving.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
wolfSSL · wofSSL
before 5.9.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3549
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3549
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9817
More from wolfSSL
6.5
CVE-2025-11933
DoS Vulnerability in wolfSSL TLS 1.3 CKS Extension
5.5
CVE-2026-3229
Integer Overflow in Certificate Chain Allocation
