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CVE-2021-20230

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

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.

Affected products

• stunnel: before 5.57 — fixed in 5.57

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stunnel 5.57. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925226
• https://github.com/mtrojnar/stunnel/commit/ebad9ddc4efb2635f37174c9d800d06206f1edf9
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-02
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925226
• https://github.com/mtrojnar/stunnel/commit/ebad9ddc4efb2635f37174c9d800d06206f1edf9
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-02

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