TLS certificate validation flaw in NetEase Cloud Music for Windows
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
The Windows client of NetEase Cloud Music (cloudmusic.exe) versions 3.1.38 and 3.1.39.205426 does not validate TLS server certificate chains or hostnames, a flaw tracked as CWE-295. A network-adjacent attacker can run a man-in-the-middle attack with a rogue certificate authority to decrypt HTTPS traffic, capture the MUSIC_U session credential and modify server responses, enabling account takeover.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
NetEase Cloud Music client for Windows (cloudmusic.exe) versions 3.1.38 and 3.1.39.205426 contains a TLS certificate validation vulnerability that allows a network-adjacent attacker to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic by failing to validate the server certificate chain, verify the hostname, or consult any Windows certificate trust store. Attackers can perform a man-in-the-middle attack using a rogue certificate authority to decrypt traffic, capture the MUSIC_U session credential sent in authenticated API requests, and modify server responses in transit, enabling account takeover and transport-layer response forgery.
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
The sources list no fixed version for NetEase Cloud Music for Windows.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109423
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-mg5w-3rqq-96m8
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-109423 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109423 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mg5w-3rqq-96m8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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