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CVE-2021-44273

HIGH CVSS: 7.4 Published: 2021-12-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

e2guardian v5.4.x <= v5.4.3r is affected by missing SSL certificate validation in the SSL MITM engine. In standalone mode (i.e., acting as a proxy or a transparent proxy), with SSL MITM enabled, e2guardian, if built with OpenSSL v1.1.x, did not validate hostnames in certificates of the web servers that it connected to, and thus was itself vulnerable to MITM attacks.

Affected Platforms

E2Bn E2Guardian

Weakness Type

CWE-295

References