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CVE-2021-46880

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2023-04-15
Updated: 2025-02-07
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Description

x509/x509_verify.c in LibreSSL before 3.4.2, and OpenBSD before 7.0 errata 006, allows authentication bypass because an error for an unverified certificate chain is sometimes discarded.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-295CWE-295

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENBSD
Published
4/15/2023
Last Modified
2/7/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

openbsd : libresslopenbsd : openbsd

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