Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.9.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-17660716
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-12340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Out-of-bounds Read in the Subject Key Identifier computation during SM2/SM3 certificate signature verification. An attacker can cause a crash by providing a certificate with a public key shorter than 65 bytes, which leads to an out-of-bounds heap read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1