CVE-2025-14942
wolfSSH auth KEX flaw allows password leak and login bypass ≤1.4.21.
Is CVE-2025-14942 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-14942 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-14942?
CVE-2025-14942 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-14942?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-14942. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-14942 affect?
CVE-2025-14942 affects wolfSSH <=1.4.21, embedded systems using wolfSSH. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-14942?
Patch to latest wolfSSH (≥1.4.22); rotate credentials
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attacker can leak plaintext password, spoof signatures, or bypass authentication during the KEX handshake.
Immediate action required
- affected< 1.4.22
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.