diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 6dc0cbe2d1f..5b6a7223da0 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -25169,9 +25169,9 @@ int CreateOcspResponse(WOLFSSL* ssl, OcspRequest** ocspRequest,
         ret = CheckOcspRequest(SSL_CM(ssl)->ocsp_stapling, request, response,
                                ssl->heap);
 
-        /* Suppressing, not critical */
-        if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_REVOKED) ||
-            ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
+        /* Suppressing soft-fail responder errors. OCSP_CERT_REVOKED is an
+         * explicit positive assertion of revocation and must not be ignored. */
+        if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
             ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL)) {
             ret = 0;
         }
@@ -26028,9 +26028,11 @@ int SendCertificateStatus(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                             ret = CheckOcspRequest(SSL_CM(ssl)->ocsp_stapling,
                                         request, &responses[i + 1], ssl->heap);
 
-                            /* Suppressing, not critical */
-                            if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_REVOKED) ||
-                                ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
+                            /* Suppressing soft-fail responder errors.
+                             * OCSP_CERT_REVOKED is an explicit positive
+                             * assertion of revocation and must not be
+                             * ignored. */
+                            if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
                                 ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL)) {
                                 ret = 0;
                             }
@@ -26058,9 +26060,10 @@ int SendCertificateStatus(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                     ret = CheckOcspRequest(SSL_CM(ssl)->ocsp_stapling,
                                            request, &responses[++i], ssl->heap);
 
-                    /* Suppressing, not critical */
-                    if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_REVOKED) ||
-                        ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
+                    /* Suppressing soft-fail responder errors.
+                     * OCSP_CERT_REVOKED is an explicit positive assertion of
+                     * revocation and must not be ignored. */
+                    if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
                         ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL)) {
                         ret = 0;
                     }
@@ -39618,11 +39621,27 @@ static int AddPSKtoPreMasterSecret(WOLFSSL* ssl)
     static int DoClientTicketCheckVersion(const WOLFSSL* ssl,
             InternalTicket* it)
     {
-        if (ssl->version.minor < it->pv.minor) {
+        /* DTLS minor versions decrease as the protocol version increases
+         * (DTLS 1.0=0xFF, DTLS 1.2=0xFD, DTLS 1.3=0xFC), so the version
+         * comparisons are inverted relative to TLS. */
+        byte greaterVersion;
+        byte lesserVersion;
+        byte belowMinDowngrade;
+
+        if (ssl->options.dtls) {
+            greaterVersion = ssl->version.minor > it->pv.minor;
+            lesserVersion  = ssl->version.minor < it->pv.minor;
+        }
+        else {
+            greaterVersion = ssl->version.minor < it->pv.minor;
+            lesserVersion  = ssl->version.minor > it->pv.minor;
+        }
+
+        if (greaterVersion) {
             WOLFSSL_MSG("Ticket has greater version");
             return VERSION_ERROR;
         }
-        else if (ssl->version.minor > it->pv.minor) {
+        else if (lesserVersion) {
             if (IsAtLeastTLSv1_3(it->pv) != IsAtLeastTLSv1_3(ssl->version)) {
                 WOLFSSL_MSG("Tickets cannot be shared between "
                                            "TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2 and lower");
@@ -39636,7 +39655,12 @@ static int AddPSKtoPreMasterSecret(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 
             WOLFSSL_MSG("Downgrading protocol due to ticket");
 
-            if (it->pv.minor < ssl->options.minDowngrade) {
+            if (ssl->options.dtls)
+                belowMinDowngrade = it->pv.minor > ssl->options.minDowngrade;
+            else
+                belowMinDowngrade = it->pv.minor < ssl->options.minDowngrade;
+
+            if (belowMinDowngrade) {
                 WOLFSSL_MSG("Ticket has lesser version than allowed");
                 return VERSION_ERROR;
             }
diff --git a/src/ocsp.c b/src/ocsp.c
index 8c779c62476..f7e75ecb232 100644
--- a/src/ocsp.c
+++ b/src/ocsp.c
@@ -544,7 +544,14 @@ int CheckOcspRequest(WOLFSSL_OCSP* ocsp, OcspRequest* ocspRequest,
         urlSz = ocspRequest->urlSz;
     }
     else {
-        /* cert doesn't have extAuthInfo, assuming CERT_GOOD */
+        /* No AIA URL and no override. ocspCheckAll asks for strict chain
+         * checking, so fail closed - but only on the client verification
+         * instance (cm->ocsp); stapling (cm->ocsp_stapling) shares the cm
+         * flag and must stay best-effort. */
+        if (ocsp->cm->ocspCheckAll && ocsp == ocsp->cm->ocsp) {
+            WOLFSSL_MSG("Cert has no OCSP URL and ocspCheckAll is set");
+            return OCSP_NEED_URL;
+        }
         WOLFSSL_MSG("Cert has no OCSP URL, assuming CERT_GOOD");
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index e5ca3ca9c26..2002f1061be 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -15754,6 +15754,12 @@ WOLFSSL_CTX* wolfSSL_set_SSL_CTX(WOLFSSL* ssl, WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx)
      * - changing the server certificate(s)
      * - changing the server id for session handling
      * and everything else in WOLFSSL* needs to remain untouched.
+     *
+     * SECURITY: swapping ssl->ctx switches cm-resolved settings (CA store,
+     * CRL, OCSP) to the new CTX but leaves ssl-cached ones (verify mode and
+     * callback, minDowngrade, key-size minimums, suites, version bounds)
+     * pinned to the original. SNI callbacks must re-apply those ssl-level
+     * settings explicitly; CRL/OCSP isolation requires an SSL-local store.
      */
     WOLFSSL_ENTER("wolfSSL_set_SSL_CTX");
     if (ssl == NULL || ctx == NULL)
diff --git a/src/ssl_sess.c b/src/ssl_sess.c
index ec790575057..6559b24d8a7 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sess.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sess.c
@@ -1606,6 +1606,23 @@ int wolfSSL_SetSession(WOLFSSL* ssl, WOLFSSL_SESSION* session)
     ssl->options.haveEMS = (ssl->session->haveEMS) ? 1 : 0;
 
     if (ssl->session->version.major != 0) {
+        /* Reject sessions whose protocol version is below the configured
+         * minimum so a stale cached session cannot make the client send a
+         * ClientHello advertising a version it isn't allowed to negotiate.
+         * DTLS minor versions are inverted: a higher minor means an older
+         * protocol, so the comparison flips. */
+        byte belowMinDowngrade;
+        if (ssl->options.dtls)
+            belowMinDowngrade = ssl->session->version.minor >
+                                ssl->options.minDowngrade;
+        else
+            belowMinDowngrade = ssl->session->version.minor <
+                                ssl->options.minDowngrade;
+        if (belowMinDowngrade) {
+            WOLFSSL_MSG("Session version below configured minDowngrade");
+            ssl->options.resuming = 0;
+            return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
+        }
         ssl->version              = ssl->session->version;
         if (IsAtLeastTLSv1_3(ssl->version))
             ssl->options.tls1_3 = 1;
diff --git a/src/tls.c b/src/tls.c
index 7f7e0b0d1bf..aff86f2c638 100644
--- a/src/tls.c
+++ b/src/tls.c
@@ -3658,9 +3658,10 @@ int ProcessChainOCSPRequest(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                 request->ssl = ssl;
                 ret = CheckOcspRequest(SSL_CM(ssl)->ocsp_stapling,
                                  request, &csr->responses[i], ssl->heap);
-                /* Suppressing, not critical */
-                if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_REVOKED) ||
-                    ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
+                /* Suppressing soft-fail responder errors. OCSP_CERT_REVOKED
+                 * is an explicit positive assertion of revocation and must
+                 * not be ignored. */
+                if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_CERT_UNKNOWN) ||
                     ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL)) {
                     ret = 0;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/api/test_dtls.c b/tests/api/test_dtls.c
index c6e8f7cc286..9fcca98f491 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_dtls.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_dtls.c
@@ -2909,3 +2909,45 @@ int test_dtls13_oversized_cert_chain(void)
 #endif
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
+
+/* DTLS counterpart to test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade. Exercises the
+ * inverted DTLS minor-version comparison (DTLS 1.2 minor 0xFD is "below"
+ * floor 0xFC = DTLS 1.3). */
+int test_dtls_set_session_min_downgrade(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && defined(WOLFSSL_DTLS) && \
+    defined(WOLFSSL_DTLS13) && defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET)
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_c = NULL, *ctx_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c = NULL, *ssl_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_SESSION *sess = NULL;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfDTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfDTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+    ExpectNotNull(sess = wolfSSL_get1_session(ssl_c));
+
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c); ssl_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s); ssl_s = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c); ctx_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s); ctx_s = NULL;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfDTLS_client_method, wolfDTLS_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_SetMinVersion(ssl_c, WOLFSSL_DTLSV1_3),
+                WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl_c, sess), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
+    if (ssl_c != NULL)
+        ExpectIntEQ(ssl_c->options.resuming, 0);
+
+    wolfSSL_SESSION_free(sess);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
diff --git a/tests/api/test_dtls.h b/tests/api/test_dtls.h
index 3a1e083a60e..e10ff55ad10 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_dtls.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_dtls.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int test_dtls_mtu_split_messages(void);
 int test_dtls13_min_rtx_interval(void);
 int test_dtls13_no_session_id_echo(void);
 int test_dtls13_oversized_cert_chain(void);
+int test_dtls_set_session_min_downgrade(void);
 
 #define TEST_DTLS_DECLS                                                        \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls12_basic_connection_id),              \
@@ -87,5 +88,6 @@ int test_dtls13_oversized_cert_chain(void);
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls_memio_wolfio_stateless),             \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls13_min_rtx_interval),                 \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls13_no_session_id_echo),               \
-        TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls13_oversized_cert_chain)
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls13_oversized_cert_chain),             \
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("dtls", test_dtls_set_session_min_downgrade)
 #endif /* TESTS_API_DTLS_H */
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.c b/tests/api/test_tls.c
index aedae4f7031..2de15544b0b 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.c
@@ -861,6 +861,48 @@ int test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption(void)
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
 
+/* wolfSSL_set_session() must reject a TLS 1.2 session when minDowngrade is
+ * set to TLS 1.3. */
+int test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12) && defined(WOLFSSL_TLS13) && \
+    defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET)
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_c = NULL, *ctx_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c = NULL, *ssl_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_SESSION *sess = NULL;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+    ExpectNotNull(sess = wolfSSL_get1_session(ssl_c));
+
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c); ssl_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s); ssl_s = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c); ctx_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s); ctx_s = NULL;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLS_client_method, wolfTLS_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_SetMinVersion(ssl_c, WOLFSSL_TLSV1_3),
+                WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl_c, sess), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
+    if (ssl_c != NULL)
+        ExpectIntEQ(ssl_c->options.resuming, 0);
+
+    wolfSSL_SESSION_free(sess);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
 int test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback(void)
 {
     EXPECT_DECLS;
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.h b/tests/api/test_tls.h
index c0f74f21505..3ca34689e3e 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ int test_tls_certreq_order(void);
 int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void);
 int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void);
 int test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption(void);
+int test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade(void);
 int test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback(void);
 int test_tls12_corrupted_finished(void);
 int test_tls12_peerauth_failsafe(void);
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ int test_tls12_peerauth_failsafe(void);
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg),                     \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_no_null_compression),                \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption),              \
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade),            \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback),         \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_corrupted_finished),                 \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_peerauth_failsafe)
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls13.c b/tests/api/test_tls13.c
index ba12b7e3689..9ac35d943ee 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls13.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls13.c
@@ -4815,6 +4815,48 @@ int test_tls13_short_session_ticket(void)
 }
 
 
+/* RFC 8446 Section 4.6.1: a NewSessionTicket lifetime greater than
+ * MAX_LIFETIME (604800 seconds, 7 days) must be rejected. The public
+ * wolfSSL_CTX_set_TicketHint setter clamps the value, so write the
+ * out-of-range hint directly into the server CTX to force the server to
+ * encode an over-limit lifetime onto the wire and confirm the client's
+ * DoTls13NewSessionTicket bound check fires. */
+int test_tls13_new_session_ticket_max_lifetime(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && \
+    defined(WOLFSSL_TLS13) && defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET)
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_c = NULL, *ctx_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c = NULL, *ssl_s = NULL;
+    char buf[64];
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLSv1_3_client_method, wolfTLSv1_3_server_method), 0);
+
+    /* Bypass the public-API clamp at 604800. */
+    if (EXPECT_SUCCESS()) {
+        ctx_s->ticketHint = MAX_LIFETIME + 1;
+    }
+
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+
+    /* Reading the post-handshake NewSessionTicket should surface the
+     * over-limit lifetime as SERVER_HINT_ERROR. */
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_read(ssl_c, buf, sizeof(buf)), WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_get_error(ssl_c, WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR),
+                WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(SERVER_HINT_ERROR));
+
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
+
 /* Test that a corrupted TLS 1.3 Finished verify_data is properly rejected
  * with VERIFY_FINISHED_ERROR. We run the handshake step-by-step and corrupt
  * the server's client_write_MAC_secret before it processes the client's
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls13.h b/tests/api/test_tls13.h
index c8b42fc56c6..cf6f6177c76 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls13.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls13.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int test_tls13_derive_keys_no_key(void);
 int test_tls13_pqc_hybrid_truncated_keyshare(void);
 int test_tls13_empty_record_limit(void);
 int test_tls13_short_session_ticket(void);
+int test_tls13_new_session_ticket_max_lifetime(void);
 int test_tls13_early_data_0rtt_replay(void);
 int test_tls13_corrupted_finished(void);
 int test_tls13_peerauth_failsafe(void);
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ int test_tls13_cert_with_extern_psk_sh_confirms_resumption(void);
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_pqc_hybrid_truncated_keyshare), \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_empty_record_limit),    \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_short_session_ticket),  \
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_new_session_ticket_max_lifetime), \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_early_data_0rtt_replay), \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_unknown_ext_rejected),  \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls13", test_tls13_corrupted_finished),     \