Timing Side-Channel in PSK Binder Verification
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-203.
Summary
The server previously verified the TLS 1.3 PSK binder using a non-constant time method which could potentially leak information about the PSK binder
Why it matters now
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.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
wolfSSL 5.8.4
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-10943 Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHelloPriority MEDIUM 61
- TI-2025-10941 Improper Validation of Signature Algorithm Used in TLS 1.3 CertificateVerifyPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2025-10942 Forward Secrecy Violation in WolfSSL TLS 1.3Priority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11932
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qhq-g72j-7wvf
References
More Wolfssl vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-00830 SEGV and out of bounds memory read from malicious packet CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-18557 In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-10943 Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHello CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2017-09737 wolfSSL Bleichenbacher/ROBOT CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-08902 wolfSSL 4.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow in DoPreSharedKeys in tls13.c when a current identity… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-02021 Improper certificate validation in wolfSSL CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-11932 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11932 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qhq-g72j-7wvf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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