# CVE-2026-48249: Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Disabled TLS Certificate Verification in rm/incs/mobile_login.inc.php

> Open ISES Tickets disables TLS verification during mobile login, allowing network attackers to intercept or modify sensitive data via man-in-the-middle attacks.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 May 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x9qr-969f-24wr

## What is CVE-2026-48249?

CVE-2026-48249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open ISES Tickets, published on 21 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 disables TLS certificate verification in rm/incs/mobile_login.inc.php by setting CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER to false (and not setting CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST) when issuing outbound HTTPS requests issued during the mobile (RouteMate) login flow. An attacker positioned on the network path between the server and the remote endpoint can present a forged certificate to intercept, monitor, or modify the request and response, including any API keys or session-bearing data in transit.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-48249?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-48249?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-48249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-48249 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-48249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-48249 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-48249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open ISES Tickets, published on 21 May 2026. 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-2026-48249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Open ISES Tickets. 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-2026-48249/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48249/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48249
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48249
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48249

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48249/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.