CVE-2022-25640: Improper Authentication

February 24, 2022 (updated August 8, 2023)

In wolfSSL before 5.2.0, a TLS 1.3 server cannot properly enforce a requirement for mutual authentication. A client can simply omit the certificate_verify message from the handshake, and never present a certificate.

References

github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/4831
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25640

Code Behaviors & Features

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