What is CVE-2024-45159?

CVE-2024-45159 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trustedfirmware Mbed_tls, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-45159?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Trustedfirmware Mbed_tls

CVE-2024-45159

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 3.x before 3.6.1. With TLS 1.3, when a server enables optional authentication of the client, if the client-provided certificate does not have appropriate values in if keyUsage or extKeyUsage extensions…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.006 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Trustedfirmware Mbed_tls
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45159?: CVE-2024-45159 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trustedfirmware Mbed_tls, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-45159?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.