webpki: CRLs not considered authoritative by Distribution Point due to faulty matching logic
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
If a certificate had more than one `distributionPoint`, then only the first `distributionPoint` would be considered against each CRL's `IssuingDistributionPoint` `distributionPoint`, and then the certificate's subsequent `distributionPoint`s would be ignored. The impact was that correct provided CRLs would not be consulted to check revocation. With `UnknownStatusPolicy::Deny` (the default) this would lead to incorrect but safe `Error::UnknownRevocationStatus`. With `UnknownStatusPolicy::Allow` this would lead to inappropriate acceptance of revoked certificates. This vulnerability is thought to be of limited impact. This is because both the certificate and CRL are signed -- an attacker would need to compromise a trusted issuing authority to trigger this bug. An attacker with such capabilities could likely bypass revocation checking through other more impactful means (such as publishing a valid, empty CRL.) More likely, this bug would be latent in normal use, and an attacker could leverage faulty revocation checking to continue using a revoked credential.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | rustls-webpki (crates.io) | 0.102.0-alpha.0 to before 0.103.10 | 0.103.10 | Patch available | GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4 |
| — | rustls-webpki (crates.io) | 0.104.0-alpha.1 to before 0.104.0-alpha.5 | 0.104.0-alpha.5 | Patch available | GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4 |
- rustls-webpki (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.102.0-alpha.0 to before 0.103.10 Fixed in 0.103.10 Patch available GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4
- rustls-webpki (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.104.0-alpha.1 to before 0.104.0-alpha.5 Fixed in 0.104.0-alpha.5 Patch available GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4 rustls-webpki (crates.io) Fixed in 0.103.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4 rustls-webpki (crates.io) Fixed in 0.104.0-alpha.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-pwjx-qhcg-rvj4
References
Sources
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