---
id: CVE-2025-15382
title: >-
  A heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in the wolfSSH_CleanPath()
  function in wolfSSH
summary: >-
  A heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in the wolfSSH_CleanPath()
  function in wolfSSH. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger the issue
  via crafted SCP path input containing '/./' sequences, resulting in a heap
  over read by 1…
severity: high
cvss: 8.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-125
vendor: wolfssh
product: wolfssh
affected:
  - 'wolfssh >= 1.4.12, < 1.4.22'
patched:
  - wolfssh 1.4.22
published: '2026-01-06'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T22:10:00.273'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15382'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssh/pull/859'
    label: facts@wolfssl.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00344
epssPercentile: 0.25435
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T22:27:27.709Z'
---

## Overview

A heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in the wolfSSH_CleanPath() function in wolfSSH. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger the issue via crafted SCP path input containing '/./' sequences, resulting in a heap over read by 1 byte.

## Affected

- `wolfssh >= 1.4.12, < 1.4.22`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `wolfssh 1.4.22`