Erlang/OTP (Erlang OTP) TLS Occasional Improper ROOT Certificate Validation Vulnerability (GHSA-3rgm-p3c6-g54m) - Linux
🗓️ 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-35733 | 15 Jan 202113:35 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-202101-39] erlang: certificate verification bypass | 20 Jan 202100:00 | – | archlinux | |
| The vulnerability of the Erlang programming language, related to errors in the certificate validation process, allows attackers to access confidential data. | 28 Mar 202300:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2020-35733 | 15 Jan 202116:55 | – | circl | |
| Ericsson Erlang Trust Management Issue Vulnerability | 15 Jan 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2020-35733 | 15 Jan 202113:35 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-35733 | 15 Jan 202113:35 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2020-35733 | 15 Jan 202113:35 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2020-23389 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: erlang-23.2.3-1.fc33 | 29 Jan 202102:35 | – | fedora |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:erlang:erlang%2fotp";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.119105");
script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-09-15 13:03:57 +0000 (Mon, 15 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-01-22 01:54:55 +0000 (Fri, 22 Jan 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-35733");
script_name("Erlang/OTP (Erlang OTP) TLS Occasional Improper ROOT Certificate Validation Vulnerability (GHSA-3rgm-p3c6-g54m) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_erlang_otp_ssh_banner_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("erlang/otp/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-3rgm-p3c6-g54m");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Erlang/OTP (Erlang OTP) is prone to a TLS occasional improper
ROOT certificate validation vulnerability in the ssl component.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This vulnerability could enable a man in the middle attack using
a fake chain to a known trusted ROOT certificate.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Erlang/OTP (Erlang OTP) versions starting from 23.2 and prior
to 23.2.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 23.2.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"23.2", test_version_up:"23.2.2" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"23.2.2", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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16 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01153