CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-56020
9.2 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Assigner
- 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
- CVSS 4.0 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 9.2 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290
Description
The Webmin HTTP server (miniserv.pl) allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate any user with a configured SSL client certificate by sending a forged HTTP header. A remote attacker can spoof certificate DNs and authenticate as any user. Fixed in 2.202.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness
References
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases/tag/2.202 github.com
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-169-02.json raw.githubusercontent.com
- https://webmin.com/security/#webmin-prior-to-2202 webmin.com
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56020 www.cve.org