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TI-2019-03562 Aliases CVE-2019-5101GHSA-6pxx-r88f-h676

Improper certificate validation in OpenWRT

Priority LOW 28CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

An exploitable information leak vulnerability exists in the ustream-ssl library of OpenWrt, versions 18.06.4 and 15.05.1. When connecting to a remote server, the server's SSL certificate is checked but no action is taken when the certificate is invalid. An attacker could exploit this behavior by performing a man-in-the-middle attack, providing any certificate, leading to the theft of all the data sent by the client during the first request.An exploitable information leak vulnerability exists in the ustream-ssl library of OpenWrt, versions 18.06.4 and 15.05.1. When connecting to a remote server, the server's SSL certificate is checked but no action is taken when the certificate is invalid. An attacker could exploit this behavior by performing a man-in-the-middle attack, providing any certificate, leading to the theft of all the data sent by the client during the first request. After an SSL connection is initialized via _ustream_ssl_init, and after any data (e.g. the client's HTTP request) is written to the stream using ustream_printf, the code eventually enters the function _ustream_ssl_poll, which is used to dispatch the read/write events

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0075 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openwrtOpenWRTOpenWrt 15.05.1, via wget (busybox); OpenWrt 18.06.4, via wget (uclient-fetch)—No fix listedCNA
  • OpenWRT Vendoropenwrt Affected OpenWrt 15.05.1, via wget (busybox); OpenWrt 18.06.4, via wget (uclient-fetch) Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:15.05.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.05.1Vulnerableopenwrt
cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:18.06.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.06.4Vulnerableopenwrt
  • cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:15.05.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.05.1 Vulnerable ·openwrt
  • cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:18.06.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.06.4 Vulnerable ·openwrt

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5101
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6pxx-r88f-h676

References

  • TI-2024-13053 Improper input validation in MediaTek MT6890, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-44983 Cross-site scripting in openwrt CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-40045 OpenWrt: EAD Integer Underflow → Pre-Auth Denial of Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-09914 LuCI openwrt-22.03 branch git-22.361.69894-438c598 was discovered to contain a stored… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2026-44982 OpenWrt: ACL bypass and arbitrary root file read via cgi-io cgi-download CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
  • TI-2026-23701 OpenWrt Project has a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via IPv6 reverse DNS lookup CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
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