CVE-2025-15382

A heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in the wolfSSH_CleanPath() function in wolfSSH. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger the issue via crafted SCP path input containing '/./' sequences, resulting in a heap over read by 1 byte.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/859	Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssh:wolfssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jan 2026, 17:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Wolfssh Wolfssh wolfssh
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.1
References	~~() https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/859 -~~	() https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/859 - Issue Tracking
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wolfssh:wolfssh::::::::

06 Jan 2026, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-06 18:15

Updated : 2026-01-12 17:57

NVD link : CVE-2025-15382

Mitre link : CVE-2025-15382

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-15382

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Products Affected

wolfssh

wolfssh

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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