CVE-2023-6056

8.6 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.6) in bitdefender total security. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.6 high

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

CVSS 3.1

7.4 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-295
Published: 2024-10-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

bitdefender:total_security

References

https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/insecure-trust-of-self-signed-certificates-in-bitdefender-total-security-https-scanning-va-11164/

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