Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-14101598
  • published23 Nov 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025
  • creditJaehun Lee

Introduced: 21 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-11933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfSSL/wolfssh to version 5.8.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency when parsing TLS 1.3 CKS extensions. An unauthenticated attacker can cause the application to crash or become unresponsive by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message containing duplicate CKS extensions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1