CVE-2020-36476 An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.24.0 (and before 2.16.8 LTS and before 2.7.17 LTS). There is missing zeroization of plaintext buffers in mbedtls_ssl_read to erase unused application data from memory.

Api.Msrc.Microsoft • February 18, 2026

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Vulnerabilities Discovered in Mbed TLS Affecting Certificate Validation and Memory Security Two vulnerabilities were identified in Mbed TLS, affecting versions prior to 2.25.0 and 2.24.0. CVE-2020-36478 allows a NULL algorithm parameters entry to be misinterpreted as valid, while CVE-2020-36476 involves missing zeroization of plaintext buffers, risking exposure of sensitive data. Both issues were published on August 23, 2021. 9 sources 46

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