CVE-2024-2379 QUIC certificate check bypass with wolfSSL
Attackers can bypass TLS certificate verification in curl when using wolfSSL with QUIC, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
- 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-2024-2379?
CVE-2024-2379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 27 Mar 2024. 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
libcurl skips the certificate verification for a QUIC connection under certain conditions, when built to use wolfSSL. If told to use an unknown/bad cipher or curve, the error path accidentally skips the verification and returns OK, thus ignoring any certificate problems.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2379?
It affects 12 products.
Products include Apple Macos, Haxx Curl, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Bootstrap Os, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2379?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-2379 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2379 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-2379, AZL-42966, BELL-CVE-2024-2379, CLEANSTART-2026-PR22493, CURL-CVE-2024-2379, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2379 and 4 more.