CVE-2021-20230

HIGH

Stunnel < 5.57 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in stunnel before 5.57, where it improperly validates client certificates when it is configured to use both redirect and verifyChain options. This flaw allows an attacker with a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority, which is not the one accepted by the stunnel server, to access the tunneled service instead of being redirected to the address specified in the redirect option. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925226
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-02

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
stunnel/stunnel < 5.57
Published Feb 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026