CVE-2025-14942 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-14942: Authentication Bypass

Vendor Wolfssl
Product wolfSSH
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published January 6, 2026
Last update January 6, 2026

CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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/U:Red

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 6, 2026 CVE published
January 6, 2026 Record updated