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CVE-2026-129116 C-Kermit 7.0.197 before 11.1.515 IKSD Authentication Bypass via Refused Certificate Login

7.7 high

High (7.7) in openkermit c-kermit.

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C-Kermit from 7.0.197 before 11.1.515 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the IKSD SSL build that leaves Telnet authentication state at AUTH_VALID after a refused certificate login. Attackers holding a trusted certificate mapped to a refused account can log in as any other account with any password, gaining that account's shell access.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.7 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
OWASP Top 10
A07:2025 Authentication Failures
Published
Modified
Assigned by
VulnCheck (CNA)
NVD analysis
Deferred: the NVD does not plan to analyze it
Record from
the NVD, synced

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Versions

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ProductAffected
OpenKermit C-Kermitfrom 7.0.197 before 11.1.515

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.

History

  1. The NVD deferred its analysis

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