CVE-2021-3618

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A MiTM attacker having access to victim's traffic at the TCP/IP layer can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 23, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-3618: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix