CVE-2026-83540
highWhen password or public key authentication is used with the Windows port of wolfSSHd, the Windows logon token acquired for one authenticated connection is not…
Vendor / product: Wolfssh — wolfssh
When password or public key authentication is used with the Windows port of wolfSSHd, the Windows logon token acquired for one authenticated connection is not released before a token is acquired for a subsequent connection, resulting in user login poisoning between connections. A less privileged user with a valid account on the server can exploit this to force a login as a more privileged user. The vulnerability was introduced with the initial Windows port of wolfSSHd in wolfSSH version 1.4.15 and affects all versions through 1.5.0. Non-Windows builds of wolfSSHd are not affected.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh facts@wolfssl.com
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/commit/9777bc5ce810d6c418a1473e9e8c40cdb0026e5a facts@wolfssl.com
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/commit/b6bd975ccfac6aadf29b98e35e09114bef3840a9 facts@wolfssl.com
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ facts@wolfssl.com
