Critical severity · published Jan 6, 2026
CVE-2025-14942
Authentication Bypass
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wolfSSH’s key exchange state machine can be manipulated to leak the client’s password in the clear, trick the client to send a bogus signature, or trick the client into skipping user authentication. This affects client applications with wolfSSH version 1.4.21 and earlier. Users of wolfSSH must update or apply the fix patch and it’s recommended to update credentials used. This fix is also recommended for wolfSSH server applications. While there aren’t any specific attacks on server applications, the same defect is present. Thanks to Aina Toky Rasoamanana of Valeo and Olivier Levillain of Telecom SudParis for the report.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
wolfSSH · wolfSSL
before 1.4.22 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14942
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14942
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/855
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