AIKIDO-2025-10978
wolfSSL.wolfssl is vulnerable to Insecure Randomness
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High Risk
This Affects:
wolfSSL.wolfsslTL;DR
Affected versions of wolfssl are vulnerable to generating weak or predictable random values when applications call RAND_bytes() after fork() due to unexpected behavior in RAND_poll() within the OpenSSL compatibility layer. This issue can result in insufficiently reseeded randomness in child processes, potentially weakening security for applications that rely on RAND_bytes() post-fork, though internal TLS operations are not affected. Updating to a fixed version ensures the DRBG is properly reseeded after a fork.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
wolfSSL.wolfssl is vulnerable to Insecure Randomness in versions 3.15.0 - 5.8.0.
How to fix this
Upgrade the wolfSSL.wolfssl library to the patch version.
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