CVE-2023-37920 Certifi's removal of e-Tugra root certificate
The library trusted compromised e-Tugra root certificates, allowing potential man-in-the-middle attacks; users should upgrade to remove these untrusted roots.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-37920?
CVE-2023-37920 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi prior to version 2023.07.22 recognizes "e-Tugra" root certificates. e-Tugra's root certificates were subject to an investigation prompted by reporting of security issues in their systems. Certifi 2023.07.22 removes root certificates from "e-Tugra" from the root store.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37920?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including certifi. It affects 8 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
certifi PyPI | From 2015.4.28 | 2023.7.22 |
certifi PyPI | From 2015.4.28 | 2023.7.22 |
certifi PyPI | From 2015.4.28 | 2023.7.22 |
Linux distribution packages (3)
ca-certificates AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2024.2.69_v8.0.303-80.0.el8_10 |
ca-certificates Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:2024.2.69_v8.0.303-80.0.el8_10 |
ca-certificates Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2024.2.69_v8.0.303-91.4.el9_4 |
Products include Certifi Certifi, Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Management Services for Element Software, Netapp Management Services for Netapp Hci, Netapp Ontap Mediator and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-37920?
Upgrade certifi to 2023.7.22 or later.
Is CVE-2023-37920 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37920 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as ALBA-2024:5736, ALPINE-CVE-2023-37920, AZL-35126, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37920, GHSA-xqr8-7jwr-rhp7, MINI-7ff9-258m-35hf and 6 more.