CVE-2025-11625 (GCVE-0-2025-11625)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 13:25 – Updated: 2025-10-21 14:04
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Summary
Improper host authentication vulnerability in wolfSSH version 1.4.20 and earlier clients that allows authentication bypass and leaking of clients credentials.
Severity ?
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/U:Red
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
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wolfSSH wolfSSH Affected: 1.4.20;0
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