Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-17660729
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-6679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfSSL/wolfssh to version 5.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the DTLS 1.3 ACK serialization process due to integer truncation when calculating the length of the ACK record-number list, which results in allocating an undersized buffer that can be overrun. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by sending specially crafted DTLS 1.3 ACK messages before authentication is completed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1