Missing Validation of Self-Signed Certificates in Altium Designer Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
Altium Designer version 24.9.0 does not validate self-signed server certificates for cloud connections. An attacker capable of performing a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack could exploit this issue to intercept or manipulate network traffic, potentially exposing authentication credentials or sensitive design data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27377
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xfvg-p8x9-f25q
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-27377 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27377 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xfvg-p8x9-f25q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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