CVE-2023-6056

low-risk
Published 2024-10-18

A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.

Do I need to act?

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0.16% 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
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.4/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Bitdefender

References (1)

Vendor Advisory https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/insecure-trust-of-self-s...
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low-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal