FKIE_CVE-2026-48697

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-26 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 11:10
Severity
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 does not verify TLS certificates on outbound HTTPS connections. The execute_web_request_secure() function in src/fast_library.cpp creates a boost::asio::ssl::context with tls_client mode and calls set_default_verify_paths() to load CA certificates, but never calls set_verify_mode(boost::asio::ssl::verify_peer). Without this call, OpenSSL performs the TLS handshake without validating the server's certificate chain, making all HTTPS connections vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. This function is used for telemetry reporting to community-stats.fastnetmon.com, which sends system information including CPU model, kernel version, traffic statistics, and software configuration. An attacker can intercept and modify this data or redirect it to a malicious server.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmonProduct
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/fast_library.cppProduct
cve@mitre.orghttps://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48697-missing-tls-validationThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pavel-odintsov fastnetmon *
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