Race condition in Progress Telerik Fiddler Classic certificate installation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Progress Telerik Fiddler Classic for Windows versions from 1.0.0 before 6.0.20262.10021 contain a time-of-check time-of-use race condition (CWE-367) in installing the HTTPS interception root certificate. A local attacker with low privileges who replaces the temporary certificate file after it is written can get an attacker-supplied root certificate installed in the Local Computer Trusted Root store. That certificate can then be used to intercept and modify TLS-protected traffic on the machine. Exploitation requires the user to start the certificate trust operation and approve the elevation prompt.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
In Progress® Telerik® Fiddler® Classic for Windows, versions prior to v6.0.20262.10021, a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the installation of the HTTPS interception root certificate into the Local Computer certificate store. Fiddler writes the certificate to a temporary file in a user-writable location and then launches the external TrustCert helper application, which elevates and imports the certificate from that file. A local threat actor with low privileges who replaces the temporary file between the time it is written and the time the elevated helper reads it can cause an attacker-supplied root certificate to be installed in the Local Computer Trusted Root Certification Authorities store, enabling subsequent interception and modification of TLS-protected traffic on the machine. Successful exploitation requires the user to initiate the certificate trust operation and approve the elevation prompt.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Progress Telerik Fiddler Classic to version 6.0.20262.10021 or later, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Progress® Telerik® Fiddler® Classic (Progress Software) Fixed in 6.0.20262.10021
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Progress® Telerik® Fiddler® Classic 6.0.20262.10021
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-67614 Weak helper tool signature checks in Telerik Fiddler ClassicPriority LOW 35
- TI-2026-67611 HTTP request smuggling in Progress Telerik Fiddler ClassicPriority LOW 29
- TI-2026-67612 Telerik Fiddler Classic front-end desynchronization enables request smugglingPriority LOW 16
Timeline
- 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77804
- 2026-10-05 Alias added: GHSA-rx7m-qprj-p54h
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
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- TI-2024-01127 LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-20934 WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module .NET Deserialization Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-77804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rx7m-qprj-p54h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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