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..a82232a675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan/CVE-2026-78124.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 2a3a678be189e51465d17c611982a9e5f379b016 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://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2026-78124/]
+Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bachiphale <Abhishek.Bachiphale@windriver.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 9980bf242c12..46584055ec3f 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);
+ }
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
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 dfd4c0c8ca..4a1e584d84 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"