C-Kermit 8.0.200 before 11.1.515 contains an improper certificate hostname validation vulnerability that allows attackers to impersonate hosts by abusing wildcard matching in dNSName_cmp() in ck_ssl.c. Attackers holding a trusted certificate with over-matching names containing asterisks, question marks, brackets, or empty labels can intercept credentials and data over Telnet, FTP, and HTTP TLS connections.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:45:00 +0000
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| Description | C-Kermit 8.0.200 before 11.1.515 contains an improper certificate hostname validation vulnerability that allows attackers to impersonate hosts by abusing wildcard matching in dNSName_cmp() in ck_ssl.c. Attackers holding a trusted certificate with over-matching names containing asterisks, question marks, brackets, or empty labels can intercept credentials and data over Telnet, FTP, and HTTP TLS connections. | |
| Title | C-Kermit 8.0.200 before 11.1.515 Improper Certificate Hostname Matching via dNSName_cmp | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-297 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-11-13T16:23:47.381Z
Updated: 2026-11-13T16:23:47.381Z
Reserved: 2026-11-13T16:00:58.945Z
Link: CVE-2026-129118
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-13T17:17:28.603
Modified: 2026-11-13T22:14:15.437
Link: CVE-2026-129118
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