CVE-2017-8301

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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