# CVE-2024-7346: Client connections using default TLS certificates from OpenEdge may bypass TLS host name validation

> Attackers can bypass TLS host name validation using default certificates, requiring replacement with CA-signed certificates to ensure secure connections.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jw9p-3gc4-84rw

## What is CVE-2024-7346?

CVE-2024-7346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress OpenEdge, published on 3 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Host name validation for TLS certificates is bypassed when the installed OpenEdge default certificates are used to perform the TLS handshake for a networked connection.  This has been corrected so that default certificates are no longer capable of overriding host name validation and will need to be replaced where full TLS certificate validation is needed for network security.  The existing certificates should be replaced with CA-signed certificates from a recognized certificate authority that contain the necessary information to support host name validation.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-297 (Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7346?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Openedge.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7346?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7346 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress OpenEdge

- [CVE-2024-1403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1403/): Authentication Bypass in OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-2417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2417/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-9245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9245/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-40051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40051/): Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge File Upload via Directory Traversal (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-34203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34203/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7346 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress OpenEdge, published on 3 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress OpenEdge. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7346/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7346/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7346
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7346
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7346

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7346/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.