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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 13:25 – Updated: 2026-01-06 17:45
VLAI
Title
Host verification bypass and credential leak
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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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wolfSSL wolfSSH Affected: 1.4.20;0
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