# CVE-2026-47895 — strongSwan

> As of 2026-08-23, CVE-2026-47895 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in strongSwan, CVSS v3.1 7.5, EPSS 0.4% (37.4th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-47895 as of 2026-08-23; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-23

## What is CVE-2026-47895?

In strongSwan before 6.0.7, identity parsing/cloning is mishandled. Parsed EAP-Identities that result in an empty but non-NULL encoding are not correctly cloned and trigger a double-free once the duplicates are destroyed.

The record classifies CVE-2026-47895 under weakness class [CWE-415](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-415). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 44 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.5 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.4% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-22, last modified 2026-08-23

## Is CVE-2026-47895 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 39 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **strongSwan**: strongSwan

## How to fix CVE-2026-47895

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-47895 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-47895

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-47895, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-23. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Other references**

- [strongswan.org](https://www.strongswan.org/download.html)
- [github.com](https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.0.7)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-47895
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-47895 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp