CVE-2023-52892
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In phpseclib before 1.0.22, 2.x before 2.0.46, and 3.x before 3.0.33, some characters in Subject Alternative Name fields in TLS certificates are incorrectly allowed to have a special meaning in regular expressions (such as a + wildcard), leading to name confusion in X.509 certificate host verification.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-ff7q-6vwh-v9m4Name confusion in x509 Subject Alternative Name fields2024-06-28ghsa · osvUS
In phpseclib before 1.0.22, 2.x before 2.0.46, and 3.x before 3.0.33, some characters in Subject Alternative Name fields in TLS certificates are incorrectly allowed to have a special meaning in regular expressions (such as a + wildcard), leading to name confusion in X.509 certificate host verification.
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references (13)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-52892/cnnvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/6cd6e8ceab9f2b55c8cd81d2192bf98cbeaf4627cnnvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/issues/1943cnnvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.33cnnvd
- https://github.com/x509-name-testing/name_testing_artifactscnnvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/6cd6e8ceab9f2b55c8cd81d2192bf98cbeaf4627enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/issues/1943enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.33enisa_euvd
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