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01 Record

CVE-2021-40830

Inconsistent CA override function behavior within AWS IoT Device SDKs on Unix systems

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: F-SecureUS
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Inconsistent CA override function behavior within AWS IoT Device SDKs on Unix systems

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 32.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-11-22 23:41Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 02:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-09-09
Assigning CNA
F-SecureUS
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f4786ed470d7dea0257867dbeeac3fdb95b3af08d4c3b41aecc2cc8abd412c1c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Amazon Web ServicesAWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java< 1.5.0Linux/Unix
Amazon Web ServicesAWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python< 1.6.1Linux/Unix
Amazon Web ServicesAWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++< 1.12.7Linux/Unix
Amazon Web ServicesAWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js< 1.5.3Linux/Unix
Amazon Web ServicesAWS-C-IO0.10.4Linux/Unix

06 References

07 Remediation

Update to the latest versions of the AWS IoT Device SDK.