Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHello
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Improper input validation in the TLS 1.3 KeyShareEntry parsing in wolfSSL v5.8.2 on multiple platforms allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted ClientHello message containing duplicate KeyShareEntry values for the same supported group, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption during ClientHello processing.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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-2025-10941 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
- TI-2025-10939 Timing Side-Channel in PSK Binder VerificationPriority LOW 12
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11936
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mmq-prpj-ww9q
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-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
- TI-2022-20901 In wolfSSL before 5.5.2, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-11936 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11936 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mmq-prpj-ww9q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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