What is CVE-2022-32531?

CVE-2022-32531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Bookkeeper, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-32531?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Bookkeeper

CVE-2022-32531

The Apache Bookkeeper Java Client (before 4.14.6 and also 4.15.0) does not close the connection to the bookkeeper server when TLS hostname verification fails. This leaves the bookkeeper client vulnerable to a man in the middle attack. The problem affects BookKeeper client prior to versions 4.14.6 and 4.15.1.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Bookkeeper — versions 4.15.0
Apache Software Foundation Bookkeeper — versions 0, 4.15.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32531?: CVE-2022-32531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Bookkeeper, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-32531?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.