CVE-2025-15346

Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

9.3
Critical

Description

A vulnerability in the handling of verify_mode = CERT_REQUIRED in the wolfssl Python package (wolfssl-py) causes client certificate requirements to not be fully enforced.  Because the WOLFSSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT flag was not included, the behavior effectively matched CERT_OPTIONAL: a peer certificate was verified if presented, but connections were incorrectly authenticated when no client certificate was provided.  This results in improper authentication, allowing attackers to bypass mutual TLS (mTLS) client authentication by omitting a client certificate during the TLS handshake.  The issue affects versions up to and including 5.8.2.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wolfssl
  • Wolfssl-py
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-287
Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wolfssl wolfssl-py / / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl-py/commit/b4517dece79f682a8f453abce5cfc0b81bae769d
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl-py/pull/62
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl-py/releases/tag/v5.8.4-stable

Tags

CWE-287
facts@wolfssl.com
2026-01-08
CVE-2025-15346

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

facts@wolfssl.com

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