Improper Authentication Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,1.4.22)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-14894276
  • published7 Jan 2026
  • disclosed6 Jan 2026
  • creditAina Toky Rasoamanana, Olivier Levillain

Introduced: 6 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-14942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfSSL/wolfssh to version 1.4.22 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via manipulation of the key exchange state machine. An attacker can cause the client to leak its password in cleartext, send a forged signature, or skip user authentication by exploiting the state machine handling during key exchange.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1