Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2025 · Assigned by wolfSSL

CVE-2025-7395Domain Name Validation Bypass with Apple Native Certificate Validation

Critical 9.2

In plain English

A critical-severity improper certificate validation in wolfSSL from wolfSSL. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.2Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A certificate verification error in wolfSSL when building with the WOLFSSL_SYS_CA_CERTS and WOLFSSL_APPLE_NATIVE_CERT_VALIDATION options results in the wolfSSL client failing to properly verify the server certificate's domain name, allowing any certificate issued by a trusted CA to be accepted regardless of the hostname.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-7395
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-7395
Ubuntu:25.10wolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-7395
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-7395
Ubuntu:26.10wolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-7395

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
wolfSSL wolfSSL 5.6.4 – through 5.8.0

Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/V:D/U:Red

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