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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Allowed

Improper Certificate Validation

Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

2154 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-2X8H-GGXV-WW4J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-05 18:30 – Updated: 2026-02-12 18:30
VLAI
Details

An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo H100 v1 and Tapo P100 v1 allows an on-path attacker on the same network segment to intercept and modify encrypted device-cloud communications.  This may compromise the confidentiality and integrity of device-to-cloud communication, enabling manipulation of device data or operations.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-15557"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-05T18:16:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo H100 v1 and Tapo P100 v1 allows an on-path attacker on the same network segment to intercept and modify encrypted device-cloud communications.\u00a0 This may compromise the confidentiality and integrity of device-to-cloud communication, enabling manipulation of device data or operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-2x8h-ggxv-ww4j",
  "modified": "2026-02-12T18:30:20Z",
  "published": "2026-02-05T18:30:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15557"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-h100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-p100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-h100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-p100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4949"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-2XGV-7Q8P-67GC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-06 18:34 – Updated: 2026-09-08 21:33
VLAI
Details

When CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY is configured alongside options that disable standard peer verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER = 0 and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST = 0), libcurl fails to enforce public key pinning on connections established without a presented server certificate. Bypassing the pinning check under these disabled-verification conditions allows unauthenticated connections to succeed when they should be rejected.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-80230"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-09-06T18:17:22Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "When `CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY` is configured alongside options that disable\nstandard peer verification (`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER = 0` and\n`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST = 0`), libcurl fails to enforce public key pinning on\nconnections established without a presented server certificate. Bypassing the\npinning check under these disabled-verification conditions allows\nunauthenticated connections to succeed when they should be rejected.",
  "id": "GHSA-2xgv-7q8p-67gc",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T21:33:02Z",
  "published": "2026-09-06T18:34:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80230"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3969300"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80230.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80230.json"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-2XVR-QGR6-H5F7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:39 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:39
VLAI
Details

The Shein Group Ltd. "SHEIN - Fashion Shopping" app -- aka shein fashion-shopping/id878577184 -- for iOS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-14710"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-07-12T16:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Shein Group Ltd. \"SHEIN - Fashion Shopping\" app -- aka shein fashion-shopping/id878577184 -- for iOS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.",
  "id": "GHSA-2xvr-qgr6-h5f7",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:39:42Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:39:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14710"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.crissyfield.de/blog/2017/12/14/missing-certificate-validation"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-2XXP-9232-MWJ8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 19:57 – Updated: 2024-04-03 23:59
VLAI
Details

duplicity 0.6.24 has improper verification of SSL certificates

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-3495"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-12-13T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "duplicity 0.6.24 has improper verification of SSL certificates",
  "id": "GHSA-2xxp-9232-mwj8",
  "modified": "2024-04-03T23:59:42Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T19:57:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-3495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-3495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3495"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-3224-P867-265F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-25 06:31 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:31
VLAI
Details

Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in ASUSTOR ADM FTP Backup on Linux, x86, ARM, 64 bit allows Sniffing Attacks.This issue affects ADM: from 4.1.0 through 4.3.3.ROF1, from 5.0.0 through 5.1.2.RE51.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-3100"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-25T06:16:26Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in ASUSTOR ADM FTP Backup on Linux, x86, ARM, 64 bit allows Sniffing Attacks.This issue affects ADM: from 4.1.0 through 4.3.3.ROF1, from 5.0.0 through 5.1.2.RE51.",
  "id": "GHSA-3224-p867-265f",
  "modified": "2026-02-26T18:31:38Z",
  "published": "2026-02-25T06:31:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.asustor.com/security/security_advisory_detail?id=53"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-32C4-PXR5-P8GV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 18:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 18:31
VLAI
Details

Improper certificate validation in Windows SMB allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-48802"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-08T17:15:43Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Improper certificate validation in Windows SMB allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.",
  "id": "GHSA-32c4-pxr5-p8gv",
  "modified": "2025-07-08T18:31:45Z",
  "published": "2025-07-08T18:31:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48802"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48802"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-32R6-GFFX-PJ25

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-04 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-04 15:30
VLAI
Details

The server certificate was not verified when an Arc agent connected to a Guardian or CMC.

A malicious actor could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the communication between the Arc agent and the Guardian or CMC. This could result in theft of the client token and sensitive information (such as assets and alerts), impersonation of the server, or injection of spoofed data (such as false asset information or vulnerabilities) into the Guardian or CMC.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-40896"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-03-04T14:16:14Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The server certificate was not verified when an Arc agent connected to a Guardian or CMC.\n\n\n\nA malicious actor could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the communication between the Arc agent and the Guardian or CMC. This could result in theft of the client token and sensitive information (such as assets and alerts), impersonation of the server, or injection of spoofed data (such as false asset information or vulnerabilities) into the Guardian or CMC.",
  "id": "GHSA-32r6-gffx-pj25",
  "modified": "2026-03-04T15:30:35Z",
  "published": "2026-03-04T15:30:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40896"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2025:18-01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-32XH-3X3C-6G6H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-03 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-06 18:30
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-8286"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-03T07:16:24Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the\nconnection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS\nconfiguration mismatches so it should not.",
  "id": "GHSA-32xh-3x3c-6g6h",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T18:30:47Z",
  "published": "2026-07-03T09:31:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8286"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3718195"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8286.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8286.json"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-346R-8VVH-QXHC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:39 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:39
VLAI
Details

The fsb-dequeen-mobile-banking/id1091025340 app 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9566"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-06-16T12:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The fsb-dequeen-mobile-banking/id1091025340 app 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.",
  "id": "GHSA-346r-8vvh-qxhc",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:39:12Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:39:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9566"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://medium.com/%40chronic_9612/advisory-44-credit-union-apps-for-ios-may-allow-login-credential-exposure-4d2f380b85c5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://medium.com/@chronic_9612/advisory-44-credit-union-apps-for-ios-may-allow-login-credential-exposure-4d2f380b85c5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-3493-8HQX-H937

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 04:00 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:50
VLAI
Details

GitLab 9.4.x before 9.4.2 does not support LDAP SSL certificate verification, but a verify_certificates LDAP option was mentioned in the 9.4 release announcement. This issue occurred because code was not merged. This is related to use of the omniauth-ldap library and the gitlab_omniauth-ldap gem.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-17716"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-12-17T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "GitLab 9.4.x before 9.4.2 does not support LDAP SSL certificate verification, but a verify_certificates LDAP option was mentioned in the 9.4 release announcement. This issue occurred because code was not merged. This is related to use of the omniauth-ldap library and the gitlab_omniauth-ldap gem.",
  "id": "GHSA-3493-8hqx-h937",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:50:05Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T04:00:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17716"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/22/gitlab-9-4-released/#security---add-ldap-ssl-certificate-verification"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/28/gitlab-9-dot-4-dot-2-released"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30420"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design Implementation

Certificates should be carefully managed and checked to assure that data are encrypted with the intended owner's public key.

Mitigation
Implementation

If certificate pinning is being used, ensure that all relevant properties of the certificate are fully validated before the certificate is pinned, including the hostname.

CAPEC-459: Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate

An adversary exploits a weakness resulting from using a hashing algorithm with weak collision resistance to generate certificate signing requests (CSR) that contain collision blocks in their "to be signed" parts. The adversary submits one CSR to be signed by a trusted certificate authority then uses the signed blob to make a second certificate appear signed by said certificate authority. Due to the hash collision, both certificates, though different, hash to the same value and so the signed blob works just as well in the second certificate. The net effect is that the adversary's second X.509 certificate, which the Certification Authority has never seen, is now signed and validated by that Certification Authority.

CAPEC-475: Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

An adversary exploits a cryptographic weakness in the signature verification algorithm implementation to generate a valid signature without knowing the key.