A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.

Metrics

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Bitdefender
  • Total Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58313 A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.
Fixes

Solution

An automatic update to product version 27.0.25.115 fixes the issue.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/insecure-trust-of-self-signed-certificates-in-bitdefender-total-security-https-scanning-va-11164/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00047}

 epss

{'score': 0.00048}

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bitdefender
Bitdefender total Security
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bitdefender
Bitdefender total Security
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.
Title Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)
Weaknesses CWE-295
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Bitdefender

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-18T15:27:35.942Z

Reserved: 2023-11-09T14:17:10.730Z

Link: CVE-2023-6056

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-18T15:27:31.176Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-10-18T08:15:03.500

Modified: 2024-10-22T16:38:43.993

Link: CVE-2023-6056

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