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CVE-2023-6056: Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-295
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.
Affected products
- Bitdefender Total Security: before 27.0.25.115 — fixed in 27.0.25.115
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Bitdefender Total Security 27.0.25.115. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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