CVE-2022-4967

HIGH

strongSwan 5.9.2-5.9.5 - Authorization Bypass via Certificate Host Mismatch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

strongSwan versions 5.9.2 through 5.9.5 are affected by authorization bypass through improper validation of certificate with host mismatch (CWE-297). When certificates are used to authenticate clients in TLS-based EAP methods, the IKE or EAP identity supplied by a client is not enforced to be contained in the client's certificate. So clients can authenticate with any trusted certificate and claim an arbitrary IKE/EAP identity as their own. This is problematic if the identity is used to make policy decisions. A fix was released in strongSwan version 5.9.6 in August 2022 (e4b4aabc4996fc61c37deab7858d07bc4d220136).

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 37.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (1)
strongswan/strongswan 5.9.2 - 5.9.6
Published May 14, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026