NIXPKGS-2025-0012
published on 13 Dec 2025
by @LeSuisse Activity log
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Forward Secrecy Violation in WolfSSL TLS 1.3
With TLS 1.3 pre-shared key (PSK) a malicious or faulty server could ignore the request for PFS (perfect forward secrecy) and the client would continue on with the connection using PSK without PFS. This happened when a server responded to a ClientHello containing psk_dhe_ke without a key_share extension. The re-use of an authenticated PSK connection that on the clients side unexpectedly did not have PFS, reduces the security of the connection.
Affected products
wolfssl
- <5.8.4
- ==v5.8.2
Package maintainers
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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@vifino Adrian Pistol <vifino@tty.sh>