Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-14101638
  • published23 Nov 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025
  • creditJaehun Lee

Introduced: 21 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-12889  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (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 Verification of Cryptographic Signature in TLS 1.2 handshakes. An attacker can weaken the security of the connection by forcing the use of a less secure digest.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1