In Erlang/OTP before 23.3.4.15, 24.x before 24.3.4.2, and 25.x before 25.0.2, there is a Client Authentication Bypass in certain client-cert
In Erlang/OTP before 23.3.4.15, 24.x before 24.3.4.2, and 25.x before 25.0.2, there is a Client Authentication Bypass in certain client-certification situations for SSL, TLS, and DTLS.
- Published
- Sep 21, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 73th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| erlang | erlang\/otp | cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- erlang erlang/otpbefore 23.3.4.15
- erlang erlang/otp24.0 and later · before 24.3.4.2
- erlang erlang/otp25.0 and later · before 25.0.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:10 | erlang | before 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1 | 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1 |
| Debian:12 | erlang | before 1:24.3.4.5+dfsg-1 | 1:24.3.4.5+dfsg-1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | erlang | before 25.1.1-1.1 | 25.1.1-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | erlang27 | before 27.1.3-1.1 | 27.1.3-1.1 |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-asn1 | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-asn1-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-compiler | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-crypto | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-crypto-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-debugsource | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-eldap | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-erl_interface-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-erts | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-erts-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-hipe | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-inets | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-kernel | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-mnesia | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-odbc-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-os_mon | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-os_mon-debuginfo | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | erlang-parsetools | before 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost |
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Same product
erlang: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-32433Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCEKEV100Now
- CVE-2016-10253An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x.39Monitor
- CVE-2026-55953TLS 1.2 and DTLS client accepts unoffered anonymous cipher suite, bypassing server authentication36Monitor
- CVE-2026-49759Stack buffer overflow in SCTP error cause parsing in inet_drv allows remote VM crash35Monitor
- CVE-2026-59251Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation34Monitor
- CVE-2026-58227TLS/DTLS denial of service via unbounded recursion on cross-signed peer certificate chain34Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:erlang | 1:24.3.4.5+dfsg-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| openSUSE:erlang | 22.3-150300.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| openSUSE:erlang27 | 27.1.3-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-asn1 | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-asn1-debuginfo | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-compiler | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-crypto | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-crypto-debuginfo | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-debuginfo | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-debugsource | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-eldap | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-erl_interface-debuginfo | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-erts | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Red Hat:erlang-erts-debuginfo | 0:23.3.4.18-1.el8ost · Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| SUSE:erlang | 22.3-150300.3.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- erlangforums.com/t/otp-25-1-released/1854
- erlangforums.com/c/erlang-news-announcements/91
- github.com/erlang/otp/compare/OTP-23.3.4.14...OTP-23.3.4.15
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00012.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.