Buffer overwrite when processing file handles with the SFTP server
Priority LOW 10CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Potential stack buffer overwrite on the SFTP server side when receiving a malicious packet that has a handle size larger than the system handle or file descriptor size, but smaller than max handle size allowed.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11624
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-547f-m8pf-r989
References
More Wolfssh vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-02682 User authentication bypass in wolfSSH server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-13840 WolfSSH v1.4.7 was discovered to contain an integer overflow via the function wolfSSH_SFTP_RecvRMDIR. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-13628 Authentication bypass in wolfSSL wolfSSH CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-10655 Host verification bypass and credential leak CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-68939 Missing ECDSA curve check in wolfSSH host key handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-68961 wolfSSH server accepts unauthenticated DH group exchange messages CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2025-11624 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11624 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-547f-m8pf-r989 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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