Information Exposure Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-14101634
  • published23 Nov 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025
  • creditAdrian Cinal

Introduced: 21 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-12888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (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 Information Exposure via timing side channels introduced by compiler optimizations and CPU architecture limitations affecting the X25519 implementation. An attacker can infer sensitive information by measuring the time taken to perform cryptographic operations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1