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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-83540 EUVD-2026-94163GHSA-36jf-xmwg-5wp8

wolfSSHd on Windows race condition leading to logon token reused across connections

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026 · Assigned by wolfSSL

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wolfSSL wolfSSH 1.4.15 – ≤ 1.5.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 wolfssh 1.6.0-r0 —

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