Improper Certificate Validation in qBittorrent - CVE-2024-51774
Published: November 25, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100913
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-51774
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application ignores certificate errors and proceeds with connection to such URLs. A remote attacker can perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
Affected software
qBittorrent
Fedora
qbittorrent
Fedora
qbittorrent
How to mitigate CVE-2024-51774
Install updates from vendor's website.
qBittorrent - update to 5.0.1
qbittorrent - addressed in versions 5.0.2-1.fc40, 5.0.2-1.fc41
qbittorrent - addressed in versions 5.0.2-1.fc40, 5.0.2-1.fc41