Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting wolfssl package, versions [,5.8.4.post0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-WOLFSSL-14897564
  • published8 Jan 2026
  • disclosed7 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-15346  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfssl to version 5.8.4.post0 or higher.

Overview

wolfssl is a Python module that encapsulates wolfSSL's C SSL/TLS library.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function due to improper enforcement of client certificate requirements in the CERT_REQUIRED process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by omitting a client certificate during the TLS handshake.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1