Servers and applications
CVE-2022-1434
The OpenSSL 3.0 implementation of the RC4-MD5 ciphersuite incorrectly uses the AAD data as the MAC key. This makes the MAC key trivially predictable. An attacker could exploit this issue by performing a man-in-the-middle attack to modify data being sent from one endpoint to an OpenSSL 3.0 recipient such that the modified data would still pass the MAC integrity check. Note that data sent from an…
- Severity
- Medium 5.9
- Published
- 3 May 2022
- Last changed
- 14 Oct 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 3.0.3
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSLServers and applications · cpe:a:openssl:openssl |
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