Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24968
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mellium.im/xmpp package (Go). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Mellium mellium.im/xmpp through 0.21.0, an attacker capable of spoofing DNS TXT records can redirect a WebSocket connection request to a server under their control without causing TLS certificate verification to fail. This occurs because the wrong host name is selected during this verification.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | mellium.im/xmpp | 0.21.1 | GHSA-h289-x5wc-xcv8 |
| Go | mellium.im/xmpp | 0.21.1 | GHSA-m658-p24x-p74r |
| Go | mellium.im/xmpp | 0.21.1 | GO-2022-0370 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://mellium.im/xmpp/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://mellium.im/cve/cve-2022-24968/ x_refsource_MISC