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CWE-296

Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust

The product does not follow, or incorrectly follows, the chain of trust for a certificate back to a trusted root certificate.

17
Assigned CVEs
356th
Commonality Rank
6.8
Avg CVSS
0.0%
In CISA KEV

Volume and Severity of Assigned CVEs Over Time

Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-296 and their average CVSS base score over time.

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 1, 2019
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 10, 2026
44 days ago

Top CVEs Assigned This CWE

Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.

17 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2026-24066HIGH
Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool, com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service com.slatedigital.connect.pr
Jun 10, 20268.432NONO
CVE-2026-27134HIGH
Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In versions 0.49.0 through 0.50.0, when using a custom Clust
Feb 21, 20268.130NONO
CVE-2025-48057CRITICAL
Icinga 2 is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. Prior to versions 2.12.
May 27, 20259.828NONO
CVE-2026-44852HIGH
An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the AOS-8 and AOS-10 web-based management interface. A vulnerability in the certificate download functionality could
May 12, 20267.227NONO
CVE-2025-1146HIGH
CrowdStrike uses industry-standard TLS (transport layer security) to secure communications from the Falcon sensor to the CrowdStrike cloud. CrowdStrike has identified a validation
Feb 12, 20258.126NONO
CVE-2021-23162HIGH
Improper validation of the cloud certificate chain in Mobile Connect allows man-in-the-middle attack to impersonate the legitimate Command Centre Server. This issue affects: Gallag
Nov 18, 20218.126NONO
CVE-2019-3890HIGH
It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information by tricking the use
Aug 1, 20198.126NONO
CVE-2021-44532MEDIUM
Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 converts SANs (Subject Alternative Names) to a string format. It uses this string to check peer certificates against hostnames
Feb 24, 20225.325NONO
CVE-2021-1566HIGH
A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Web Security Appliance
Jun 16, 20217.424NONO
CVE-2019-3762HIGH
Data Protection Central versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 18.1, 18.2, and 19.1 contains an Improper Certificate Chain of Trust Vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially
Mar 18, 20207.523NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

This CWEGlobal (All CVEs)
0.0-0.9
1.0-1.9
2.0-2.9
3.0-3.9
24%
10%
4.0-4.9
12%
19%
5.0-5.9
12%
16%
6.0-6.9
18%
26%
7.0-7.9
29%
11%
8.0-8.9
14%
9.0-10.0
unknown
CVSS Score Range

Exploit Exposure

Exploit activity across CVEs assigned to this CWE, including CVEs that carry other CWE assignments.

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

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Media Mentions

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