Bug 2520650 (CVE-2026-73251) - CVE-2026-73251 mongoose: Mongoose Built-in TLS: CA-bundle certificate chain accepted without any signature verification
Summary: CVE-2026-73251 mongoose: Mongoose Built-in TLS: CA-bundle certificate chain a...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-73251
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2543450 2543452 2543453 2543456
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Reported: 2026-08-20 17:57 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 18:25 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-20 17:57:07 UTC
Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.23, a network attacker can impersonate a TLS server to a Mongoose client configured with a multi-certificate CA bundle. In src/tls_builtin.c, the mg_tls_init() function stores the bundle in tls->ca_bundle_der while tls->ca_der.len remains zero, and mg_tls_recv_cert() uses tls_bundle_find() to accept a Common Name match without calling mg_tls_verify_cert_signature(). A forged self-signed certificate can therefore satisfy hostname and CertificateVerify checks and enable interception, credential disclosure, traffic modification, and malicious responses. This issue is fixed in version 7.23.


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