CVE-2023-0466 — Improper Certificate Validation in Openssl
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
NVD5.3OSV7.4OSV5.3
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 28
Latest updateNov 28
Description
The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented to
implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate
verification. However the implementation of the function does not
enable the check which allows certificates with invalid or incorrect
policies to pass the certificate verification.
As suddenly enabling the policy check could break existing deployments it was
decided to keep the existing behavior of the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy()
function.
Instead the applica…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages16 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
CVE-2023-0466: The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented to implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate verification↗2023-03-28
GHSA▶
GHSA-pxvj-4wx4-gv6w: The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented to implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate verification↗2023-03-28