CVE-2024-45159
CRITICALMbed TLS 3.2.0-3.6.0 - Improper Certificate Validation in TLS 1.3 Client Authentication
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 3.x before 3.6.1. With TLS 1.3, when a server enables optional authentication of the client, if the client-provided certificate does not have appropriate values in if keyUsage or extKeyUsage extensions, then the return value of mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result() would incorrectly have the MBEDTLS_X509_BADCERT_KEY_USAGE and MBEDTLS_X509_BADCERT_KEY_USAGE bits clear. As a result, an attacker that had a certificate valid for uses other than TLS client authentication would nonetheless be able to use it for TLS client authentication. Only TLS 1.3 servers were affected, and only with optional authentication (with required authentication, the handshake would be aborted with a fatal alert).
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes
https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0057
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-295
Status
published
Products (1)
arm/mbed_tls
3.2.0 - 3.6.1
Published
Sep 05, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026