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CVE-2025-27809

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-27809 describes a vulnerability in Mbed TLS client-side implementations (versions before 2.28.10 and 3.x before 3.6.3) where servers with trusted certificates can be accepted for arbitrary hostnames if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname is not explicitly called. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.28.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0.0, < 3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trustedfirmware:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-Mar/CVE-2025-27809

Mbed TLS before 2.28.10 and 3.x before 3.6.3, on the client side, accepts servers that have trusted certificates for arbitrary hostnames unless the TLS client application calls mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname.

Mar 11, 2025

References

github.com / Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/issues/466
Issue Tracking
mastodon.social / @bagder/114219540623402700
Not Applicable
github.com / Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases
Release Notes
mbed-tls.readthedocs.io / en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2025-03-1
Third Party Advisory