DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73253

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-73253
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73253.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73253
Upstream
Published
2026-08-20T18:16:45Z
Modified
2026-09-10T08:47:32Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to version 7.22, an on-path network attacker with a wildcard certificate for a parent domain can impersonate deeper subdomains to a client using the built-in TLS stack. The mg_tls_verify_cert_san() and mg_tls_verify_cert_cn() functions in src/tls_builtin.c call mg_match(), whose wildcard can cross DNS label boundaries, so a pattern such as *.example.com can match foo.bar.example.com. The resulting hostname verification bypass permits interception and modification of TLS traffic. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

References

Affected packages

Debian:14 / mongoose

Package

Name
mongoose
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mongoose?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.22+ds-1

Affected versions

7.*
7.21+ds-1~bpo13+1
7.21+ds-1
7.21+ds-2
7.22+ds-1~bpo13+1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73253.json"