Improper certificate validation in linuxdeepin dde-control-center
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
dde-control-center is the control panel of DDE, the Deepin Desktop Environment. plugin-deepinid is a plugin in dde-control-center, which provides the deepinid cloud service. Prior to 6.1.80, plugin-deepinid is configured to skip TLS certificate verification when fetching the user's avatar from openapi.deepin.com or other providers. An MITM attacker could intercept the traffic, replace the avatar with a malicious or misleading image, and potentially identify the user by the avatar. This vulnerability is fixed in dde-control-center 6.1.80 and 5.9.9.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linuxdeepin | dde-control-center | 6.1.35 to before 6.1.80; 5.5.3 to before 5.9.9 | 6.1.80, 5.9.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| linuxdeepin | deepin-deepinid-plugin | 2.0.1 – 2.0.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- dde-control-center Vendorlinuxdeepin Affected 6.1.35 to before 6.1.80; 5.5.3 to before 5.9.9 Fixed in 6.1.80, 5.9.9 Patch available CNA
- deepin-deepinid-plugin Vendorlinuxdeepin Affected 2.0.1 – 2.0.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dde-control-center (linuxdeepin) Fixed in 6.1.80, 5.9.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35207
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/linuxdeepin/developer-center/security/advisories/GHSA-jf2h-4vqc-3jgc
- https://github.com/linuxdeepin/dde-control-center/pull/3146
- https://github.com/linuxdeepin/dde-control-center/commit/6fc206120be28d9eef7d72258662bcabb834367f
- https://github.com/linuxdeepin/dde-control-center/commit/cd95b054ff10a35bc9284431631305bd56244b3d
Sources
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