CVE-2025-14942 is a critical vulnerability in wolfSSH client applications, versions 1.4.21 and earlier, allowing manipulation of the key exchange state machine. This can lead to cleartext password leakage, bogus signature transmission, or bypassed user authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, posing high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion have been observed, immediate patching and credential updates are strongly recommended for both client and server wolfSSH deployments due to the severe potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wolfssh:wolfssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Red
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