diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 87fe3d3a13..15e69bfdae 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -13690,6 +13690,17 @@ int CheckForAltNames(DecodedCert* dCert, const char* domain, word32 domainLen,
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* RFC 6125 Sec. 6.4 / RFC 9525 Sec. 6.3: a DNS-ID reference
+         * identifier is matched only against dNSName SAN entries, never
+         * uniformResourceIdentifier (even when the URI value resembles a
+         * hostname). URI-ID matching requires scheme and host parsing
+         * (RFC 9525 Sec. 6.5, Sec. 7.2). */
+        if (!isIP && altName->type == ASN_URI_TYPE) {
+            WOLFSSL_MSG("\tAltName is uniformResourceIdentifier, "
+                        "skipping for DNS hostname");
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (MatchDomainName(buf, (int)len, domain, domainLen, flags)) {
             match = 1;
             if (checkCN != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/ocsp.c b/src/ocsp.c
index b90fcc8af9..e129a08595 100644
--- a/src/ocsp.c
+++ b/src/ocsp.c
@@ -1283,16 +1283,25 @@ OcspResponse* wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(OcspResponse** response,
         XMEMSET(resp, 0, sizeof(OcspResponse));
     }
 
+    if (resp->source != NULL)
+        XFREE(resp->source, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
     resp->source = (byte*)XMALLOC((size_t)len, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
     if (resp->source == NULL) {
-        XFREE(resp, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_REQUEST);
+        wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(resp);
+        if (response != NULL && *response == resp)
+            *response = NULL;
         return NULL;
     }
+    if (resp->single != NULL) {
+        FreeOcspEntry(resp->single, NULL);
+        XFREE(resp->single, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_ENTRY);
+    }
     resp->single = (OcspEntry*)XMALLOC(sizeof(OcspEntry), NULL,
                                       DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_ENTRY);
     if (resp->single == NULL) {
-        XFREE(resp->source, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
-        XFREE(resp, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_REQUEST);
+        wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(resp);
+        if (response != NULL && *response == resp)
+            *response = NULL;
         return NULL;
     }
     XMEMSET(resp->single, 0, sizeof(OcspEntry));
@@ -1300,9 +1309,9 @@ OcspResponse* wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(OcspResponse** response,
                                       DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_STATUS);
     resp->single->ownStatus = 1;
     if (resp->single->status == NULL) {
-        XFREE(resp->source, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
-        XFREE(resp->single, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_ENTRY);
-        XFREE(resp, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_OCSP_REQUEST);
+        wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(resp);
+        if (response != NULL && *response == resp)
+            *response = NULL;
         return NULL;
     }
     XMEMSET(resp->single->status, 0, sizeof(CertStatus));
@@ -1315,6 +1324,8 @@ OcspResponse* wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(OcspResponse** response,
         /* for just converting from a DER to an internal structure the CA may
          * not yet be known to this function for signature verification */
         wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(resp);
+        if (response != NULL && *response == resp)
+            *response = NULL;
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/api/test_certman.c b/tests/api/test_certman.c
index 5ea6a8f3ee..9b1e0d957a 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_certman.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_certman.c
@@ -2109,6 +2109,70 @@ int test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_IP_only_SAN_CN_fallback(void)
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
 
+int test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_URI_SAN_not_DNS_match(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM) && !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_RSA) && \
+    defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && defined(WOLFSSL_CERT_GEN) && \
+    defined(WOLFSSL_CERT_EXT) && defined(WOLFSSL_ALT_NAMES) && \
+    !defined(NO_SHA256)
+    /* RFC 6125 Sec. 6.4 / RFC 9525 Sec. 6.3: DNS-ID reference identifiers
+     * must be matched only against dNSName SANs, not uniformResourceIdentifier.
+     * wolfSSL_X509_add_altname() is used to attach a bare-hostname URI SAN
+     * (the misissue shape that can reach altNames when certificate parsing is
+     * built without strict URI checks). URI SAN presence still suppresses CN
+     * fallback per RFC 6125 Sec. 6.4.4. */
+    WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY *priv = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_X509_NAME* name = NULL;
+    const char* server_cert = "./certs/test/server-goodcn.pem";
+    const char hostName[] = "cnhost.local";
+    const char uriSan[] = "cnhost.local";
+    byte    *pt;
+    WOLFSSL_X509 *leafUri = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_X509 *leafUriDns = NULL;
+
+    pt = (byte*)server_key_der_2048;
+    ExpectNotNull(priv = wolfSSL_d2i_PrivateKey(EVP_PKEY_RSA, NULL,
+                (const unsigned char**)&pt, sizeof_server_key_der_2048));
+
+    ExpectNotNull(leafUri = wolfSSL_X509_load_certificate_file(server_cert,
+                WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_PEM));
+    ExpectNotNull(name = X509_NAME_new());
+    ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(name, "commonName", MBSTRING_UTF8,
+                (byte*)hostName, (int)XSTRLEN(hostName), -1, 0), SSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_set_subject_name(leafUri, name), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    X509_NAME_free(name);
+    name = NULL;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_add_altname(leafUri, uriSan, ASN_URI_TYPE),
+            WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntGT(wolfSSL_X509_sign(leafUri, priv, EVP_sha256()), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_check_host(leafUri, hostName, XSTRLEN(hostName),
+                0, NULL), WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(WOLFSSL_FAILURE));
+
+    ExpectNotNull(leafUriDns = wolfSSL_X509_load_certificate_file(server_cert,
+                WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_PEM));
+    ExpectNotNull(name = X509_NAME_new());
+    ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(name, "commonName", MBSTRING_UTF8,
+                (byte*)hostName, (int)XSTRLEN(hostName), -1, 0), SSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_set_subject_name(leafUriDns, name),
+            WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    X509_NAME_free(name);
+    name = NULL;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_add_altname(leafUriDns, uriSan, ASN_URI_TYPE),
+            WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_add_altname(leafUriDns, hostName, ASN_DNS_TYPE),
+            WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntGT(wolfSSL_X509_sign(leafUriDns, priv, EVP_sha256()), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_check_host(leafUriDns, hostName,
+                XSTRLEN(hostName), 0, NULL), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+
+    wolfSSL_X509_free(leafUri);
+    wolfSSL_X509_free(leafUriDns);
+    wolfSSL_EVP_PKEY_free(priv);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
 int test_wolfSSL_CertManagerCRL(void)
 {
     EXPECT_DECLS;
diff --git a/tests/api/test_certman.h b/tests/api/test_certman.h
index 4d04943298..989a82db26 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_certman.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_certman.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int test_wolfSSL_CertManagerNameConstraint_IP_SAN(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_CertManagerNameConstraint_RID_SAN(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_get_ext_d2i_RID_SAN(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_IP_only_SAN_CN_fallback(void);
+int test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_URI_SAN_not_DNS_match(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_CertManagerCRL(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_CRL_reason_extensions_cleanup(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_CRL_static_revoked_list(void);
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ int test_wolfSSL_CertManagerRejectMD5Cert(void);
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman", test_wolfSSL_X509_get_ext_d2i_RID_SAN),       \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman",                                              \
         test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_IP_only_SAN_CN_fallback),              \
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman",                                              \
+        test_wolfSSL_X509_check_host_URI_SAN_not_DNS_match),                \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman", test_wolfSSL_CertManagerCRL),                \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman", test_wolfSSL_CRL_reason_extensions_cleanup), \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("certman", test_wolfSSL_CRL_static_revoked_list),      \
diff --git a/tests/api/test_ocsp.c b/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
index bd4a0633bb..7945c1433c 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ int test_ocsp_basic_verify(void)
     ExpectNull(
         response = wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(NULL, &ptr, sizeof(resp_bad)));
 
+    /* reuse failure must clear caller pointer */
+    ptr = (const unsigned char*)resp;
+    ExpectNotNull(
+        response = wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(&response, &ptr, sizeof(resp)));
+    ptr = (const unsigned char*)resp_bad;
+    ExpectNull(
+        wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(&response, &ptr, sizeof(resp_bad)));
+    ExpectNull(response);
+
     ptr = (const unsigned char*)resp;
     ExpectNotNull(
         response = wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(NULL, &ptr, sizeof(resp)));
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 055856141e..d7ddffec04 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -18670,6 +18670,10 @@ static int DecodeGeneralName(const byte* input, word32* inOutIdx, byte tag,
      *   - CheckForAltNames (TLS hostname matching): skips ASN_RID_TYPE
      *     unconditionally and excludes them from *checkCN, so a cert
      *     with only registeredID SANs still falls back to CN.
+     *   - CheckForAltNames (TLS hostname matching): skips ASN_URI_TYPE
+     *     for DNS hostname checks (RFC 6125 Sec. 6.4 / RFC 9525 Sec. 6.3)
+     *     but URI SAN presence still suppresses CN fallback (RFC 6125
+     *     Sec. 6.4.4) because URI-ID is a distinct presented identifier.
      *   - DNS_to_GENERAL_NAME (used by wolfSSL_X509_get_ext) and the
      *     ALT_NAMES_OID arm of wolfSSL_X509_get_ext_d2i: build a proper
      *     ASN1_OBJECT in d.registeredID from raw OID bytes regardless