Description
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Prior to 2.9.15 and 3.0.17, the HttpsClient::download function in src/utils/https_client.cc sets libcurl CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST to 1 instead of the strict value 2L. Under adversary-in-the-middle and TLS interception conditions, this non-strict setting may weaken TLS peer identity validation and increase the risk of accepting a certificate for an unintended host. End-to-end exploitation is non-trivial in typical environments. This issue is fixed in versions 2.9.15 and 3.0.17.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Prior to 2.9.15 and 3.0.17, the HttpsClient::download function in src/utils/https_client.cc sets libcurl CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST to 1 instead of the strict value 2L. Under adversary-in-the-middle and TLS interception conditions, this non-strict setting may weaken TLS peer identity validation and increase the risk of accepting a certificate for an unintended host. End-to-end exploitation is non-trivial in typical environments. This issue is fixed in versions 2.9.15 and 3.0.17.
Title ModSecurity: Incorrect libcurl TLS hostname verification setting in HttpsClient::download
Weaknesses CWE-295
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Modsecurity Modsecurity
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T15:48:15.062Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T20:17:57.991Z

Link: CVE-2026-61813

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-05T16:17:47.797

Modified: 2026-11-05T16:17:47.797

Link: CVE-2026-61813

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Updated: 2026-11-05T18:00:20Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-295

    Improper Certificate Validation