Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-3547

Title: Certificate Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-3547.

CWE Category CWE-295
Published Date Jul 12, 2021
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-3547: OpenVPN 3 Core Library version 3.6 and 3.6.1 allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to bypass the certificate authentication by issuing an unrelated server certificate using the same hostname found in the verify-x509-name option in a client configuration.

CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-3547 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.