Vulnerability in Erlang Erlang\/otp
CVE-2020-35733
An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP before 23.2.2. The ssl application 10.2 accepts and trusts an invalid X.509 certificate chain to a trusted root Certification Authority.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Erlang Erlang\/otp
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.erlang.org/news (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.erlang.org/downloads (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/erlang/otp/releases (Third Party Advisory)
- erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2021-January/100357.html (Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-35733?
- CVE-2020-35733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Erlang Erlang\/otp, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-01-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-35733?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.