Name: CVE-2020-35733: Improper Certificate Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-35733, CWE-295, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.0022

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP before 23.2.2. The ssl application 10.2 accepts and trusts an invalid X.509 certificate chain to a trusted root Certification Authority.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade erlangUpgrade erlang26	Aug 22, 2024	Jan 15, 2021
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Jan 15, 2021
Debian	—	Upgrade erlang	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 15, 2021

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CVSS Details

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