CVE-2022-28352 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof TLS chat servers if GnuTLS CA options are modified without restarting WeeChat, bypassing certificate verification.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-28352?

CVE-2022-28352 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

WeeChat (aka Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) 3.2 to 3.4 before 3.4.1 does not properly verify the TLS certificate of the server, after certain GnuTLS options are changed, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a TLS chat server via an arbitrary certificate. NOTE: this only affects situations where weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system or weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user is changed without a WeeChat restart.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28352?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Weechat Weechat.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28352?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-28352 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28352, GHSA-q6x4-wf9q-6g23, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28352.

Is CVE-2022-28352 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free