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GHSA-MHJF-4HV6-XQGR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-21 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-04 21:31

Details

Improper host authentication vulnerability in wolfSSH version 1.4.20 and earlier clients that allows authentication bypass and leaking of clients credentials.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 13:25 – Updated: 2025-10-21 14:04

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

Assigner

wolfSSL

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/840

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wolfSSH	wolfSSH	Affected: 1.4.20;0

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-MHJF-4HV6-XQGR

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

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