What is CVE-2024-12797?

CVE-2024-12797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl, classified under CWE-392. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-12797?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12797 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2024-12797

Issue summary: Clients using RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs) to authenticate a server may fail to notice that the server was not authenticated, because handshakes don't abort as expected when the SSL_VERIFY_PEER verification mode is set. I…

EPSS: 0.024 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Openssl — versions 3.4.0, 3.3.0, 3.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-392

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

openssl-security@openssl.org (vendor-advisory)
openssl-security@openssl.org (patch)
openssl-security@openssl.org (patch)
openssl-security@openssl.org (patch)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12797?: CVE-2024-12797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl, classified under CWE-392. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-12797?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12797 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.