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Fencer Vulns
high 8.7

CVE-2023-5422 json

SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling

published 2023-10-16 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57737

cvss
8.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The functions to fetch e-mail via POP3 or IMAP as well as sending e-mail via SMTP use OpenSSL for static SSL or TLS based communication. As the SSL_get_verify_result() function is not used the certificated is trusted always and it can not be ensured that the certificate satisfies all necessary security requirements.

This could allow an attacker to use an invalid certificate to claim to be a trusted host, use expired certificates, or conduct other attacks that could be detected if the certificate is properly validated.

This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.47, from 8.0.X before 8.0.37; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.X through 6.0.34.

Patch / fix

  • OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.47, 8.0.37
  • otrs_ag otrs 7.0.47, 8.0.37
  • otrs_community_edition otrs_community_edition 6.0.34

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • OTRS AG OTRS
  • OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition
  • otrs_ag otrs
  • otrs_community_edition otrs_community_edition

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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