CVE-2021-3618

moderate-risk
Published 2022-03-23

ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A MiTM attacker having access to victim's traffic at the TCP/IP layer can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.

Do I need to act?

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0.61% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.4/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (7)

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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate