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CVE-2026-129117

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2026-11-13 Modified: 2026-11-13

Description

C-Kermit 8.0.200 before 11.1.515 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows machine-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate Telnet servers because ssl_reply() never calls ssl_check_server_name(). Attackers can refuse START-TLS, offer Telnet AUTHENTICATION SSL, and present any trusted CA certificate to capture user credentials and session data.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-297

References