Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting wolfSSL/wolfssh package, versions [,5.9.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSH-17660733
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-7511  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (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 Verification of Cryptographic Signature in the PKCS7_verify process. An attacker can cause forged signatures to be accepted by exploiting confusion in the association between signers and signatures.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1