[GHSA-vj87-jj27-4h9c] wolfSSL Python module vulnerable to Improper Authentication #6727
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5.8.4-stable is an invalid Python version which is not published to Pypi. This is up to the Github Security Curators team whether to reference official Pypi versions, or to continue to use Github release tags as a source of truth. But publicly available packages maintained by the official language registry and used by the public seems to be a better canonical source of vulnerable packages than a non-standardized name given by a specific Github maintainer's release tag.
For the fixed version I referenced the Changelog.rst file from the Pypi package 5.8.4.post0 (https://pypi.org/project/wolfssl/5.8.4.post0/#history). The noted version is 5.8.4: "wolfSSL-py Release 5.8.4 (Dec 29, 2025)".
For the affected version, I referenced the advisory itself: "The issue affects versions up to and including 5.8.2."
These kind of python version mismatches happen because the package name is validated/cross-referenced in pip but not the version. Given bandwidth and GHSA team interest (and perhaps a helpful link or two), I may be able to contribute a Python version validation PR to add this.