CVE-2022-26491

pidgin: MITM attack possible on non-DNSSEC XMPP connections

Published May 31, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This is similar to CVE-2022-24968.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3043-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-31049 An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This is similar to CVE-2022-24968.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 5:03 AM
Reserved
Mar 6, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 2, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 29, 2022, 12:00 AM