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CVE-2010-4252

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Improper authentication
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

OpenSSL before 1.0.0c, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=20098 ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC