Undertow certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Undertow. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-4492. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Undertow (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The undertow client is not checking the server identity presented by the server certificate in https connections. This is a compulsory step (at least it should be performed by default) in https and in http/2. I would add it to any TLS client protocol.

The weakness was shared 02/24/2023. The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4492 since 12/14/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240509 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240509) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-0759). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 240509
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/14/2022 🔍
02/24/2023 +72 days 🔍
02/24/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +862 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-4492 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4492
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221709
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/24/2023 08:02
Updated: 07/05/2025 18:45
Changes: 02/24/2023 08:02 (35), 03/24/2023 15:17 (11), 06/26/2025 06:07 (17), 07/05/2025 18:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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