CVE-2014-2845

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

Cyberduck before 4.4.4 on Windows does not properly validate X.509 certificate chains, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof FTP-SSL servers via a certificate issued by an arbitrary root Certification Authority.

Affected products

Cyberduck: before 4.4.4 — fixed in 4.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cyberduck 4.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/58426
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532039/100/0/threaded
https://cyberduck.io/changelog/
http://secunia.com/advisories/58426
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532039/100/0/threaded
https://cyberduck.io/changelog/

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