Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 fails to verify certificates for outbound HTTPS requests during login. A network-positioned attacker could impersonate the remote service and read or alter sensitive authentication traffic, potentially including API keys or session data.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for internet-facing, shared-network, or sensitive authentication deployments. Upgrade promptly because successful interception could compromise credentials or sessions, while acknowledging that exploitation requires network-path access and is not reported as active.
Technical view
The login flow in incs/login.inc.php sets CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER to false and does not configure CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST. This creates CWE-295 exposure to interception and response manipulation. The supplied CVSS 4.0 score is 8.2, with high confidentiality and integrity impact but high attack complexity.
Likely exposure
Deployments running Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 are potentially exposed when login authentication makes outbound HTTPS requests across a network path an attacker can influence. The bundle’s structured affected-version entry is inconsistent, so inventory confirmation is important.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is established by the supplied sources, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the bundle. Exploitation requires an attacker positioned on the relevant network path, which limits opportunity but could expose valuable authentication material.
Researcher notes
The strongest evidence is the vulnerable cURL configuration and referenced corrective commit. The supplied affected record lists version “0” with defaultStatus “unaffected,” conflicting with the narrative “before 3.44.2.” Treat the narrative, release, and patch as remediation guidance while verifying exact deployed versions.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later.
- Confirm outbound HTTPS requests enforce peer and hostname certificate validation.
- Review vendor release notes and the referenced patch before deployment.
- Restrict network paths and outbound destinations used by the authentication flow.
- Rotate exposed credentials if interception is reasonably suspected.
Validation and detection
- Identify every deployed Open ISES Tickets version.
- Confirm no instance runs a release earlier than 3.44.2.
- Compare incs/login.inc.php against the referenced security patch.
- Verify authentication requests reject untrusted or hostname-mismatched certificates in a controlled test.
- Review network telemetry for unexpected authentication endpoints or interception indicators.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.2 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.23.6VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
8.2HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2CVE reference, VulnCheck · release-notes
- https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbffCVE reference, VulnCheck · patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-disabled-tls-certificate-verification-in-incs-login-inc-phpCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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Improper Certificate Validation
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