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.
History

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openkermit
Openkermit c-kermit
Vendors & Products Openkermit
Openkermit c-kermit

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:30:00 +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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-13T17:17:28.603

Modified: 2026-11-13T22:14:15.437

Link: CVE-2026-129118

cve-icon Redhat

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