🛡️ CVE-2022-26491
🟡 CVSS 5.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-295 NVD
5.9
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This is similar to CVE-2022-24968.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-295
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-06-02
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
pidgin 2.14.9

References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FullChangeLog
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/1158
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FullChangeLog
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/1158

Similar Threats

Vulnerability Monitoring

Stay informed about vulnerabilities in your stack

BotEraser monitors your WordPress installation and notifies you when software you use appears in our vulnerability database.

Set Up Free Alerts →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.