diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan/CVE-2026-78124.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan/CVE-2026-78124.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0b2a9eeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan/CVE-2026-78124.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 36ce778a76b4b912699a52cf1109394fce109c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>
+Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:02:01 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] openssl: Fix memory leaks after enumerating certificates in
+ PKCS#7 container
+
+This can be triggered via IKEv1.
+
+Fixes: 04884be3b5f7 ("Implement openssl PKCS#7 certficiate enumeration")
+Fixes: CVE-2026-78124
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-78124
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/strongiswan/strongswan/commit/49bf0725fa61198d1e29d5b4c2651c9190b2c10c]
+
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/libstrongswan/plugins/openssl/openssl_pkcs7.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/openssl/openssl_pkcs7.c b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/openssl/openssl_pkcs7.c
+index b15c8d7..cefe1ae 100644
+--- a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/openssl/openssl_pkcs7.c
++++ b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/openssl/openssl_pkcs7.c
+@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ typedef struct {
+ METHOD(enumerator_t, cert_destroy, void,
+ 	cert_enumerator_t *this)
+ {
++	if (this->certs)
++	{
++		sk_X509_pop_free(this->certs, X509_free);
++	}
+ 	DESTROY_IF(this->cert);
+ 	free(this);
+ }
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_6.0.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_6.0.6.bb
index 4d9fe14eb2..e7a5370f03 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_6.0.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_6.0.6.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DEPENDS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'tpm2', '  tpm2-tss',
 SRC_URI = "https://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://CVE-2026-47895.patch \
            file://CVE-2026-78123.patch \
+           file://CVE-2026-78124.patch \
 "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "07df7cedae56a7f3bb07e66d21a1f9f87e961db70e99184e11d3819413e4f87c"