Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHello
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2025-11936
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 4 Nov 2026, 03:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHello
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Nov 2025, 22:24 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-11936
Complete source record
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