Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) in ECDSA/ECC Signature Verification with EdDSA/ML-DSA Enabled

CVE-2026-5194

Published:

Apr 9, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295

Impact:

Reduced Cryptographic Strength / Authentication Bypass

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295

Impact:

Reduced Cryptographic Strength / Authentication Bypass

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.