{
  "schema_version": "1.6.0",
  "id": "STRONGSWAN-CVE-2026-78135",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-78135"
  ],
  "modified": "2026-09-25T10:51:02Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "SEMVER",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.9.7"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.1.0"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "GIT",
          "repo": "https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan.git",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "c60c7694d2d8925c5d93ff33d132f561ad89e071"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4dcb132266a954202509a3b4b3be99378f3e3b4d"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "package": "strongswan"
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://strongswan.org/security/CVE-2026-78135.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2026-78135"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2026-09-07T12:00:00Z",
  "summary": "A vulnerability in libcharon related to the handling of CREATE_CHILD_SA requests on unestablished IKE SAs was discovered that can result in the creation of a usable Child SA before authentication completes.",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Puru Kulkarni",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ]
}