Improper Certificate Validation Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.9.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-17660708
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-6091  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfSSL/wolfssh to version 5.9.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation in the certificate verification process when the X509_V_FLAG_PARTIAL_CHAIN verify flag is enabled. An attacker can bypass certificate trust validation by presenting a certificate chain that ends at an attacker-controlled intermediate certificate, which may be incorrectly accepted as a trust anchor.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1