CVE-2023-5594 Improper following of a certificate's chain of trust in ESET security products
Attackers can bypass secure traffic scanning by using certificates signed with weak MD5 or SHA1 algorithms, requiring users to update ESET products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5594?
CVE-2023-5594 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper validation of the server’s certificate chain in secure traffic scanning feature considered intermediate certificate signed using the MD5 or SHA1 algorithm as trusted.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5594?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security, Eset File Security, Eset Internet Security, Eset Mail Security, Eset Nod32 Antivirus and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5594?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5594 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5594 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus
- CVE-2024-0353 Local privilege escalation in Windows products
- CVE-2023-3160 Local privilege escalation in security products for Windows
- CVE-2021-37852 LPE in ESET products for Windows
- CVE-2021-37851 Local Privilege Escalation in ESET product for Windows
- CVE-2022-27167 Arbitrary File Deletion in ESET products for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mwg-64w4-5g5m.