CWE-297

Overview
  • CWE ID
  • 297
  • CWE Name
  • Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
  • CWE Abstraction
  • Variant
  • CWE structure
  • Simple
  • CWE Status
  • Incomplete
Description
The software communicates with a host that provides a certificate, but the software does not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host.
Extended Description
Related CWEs
CWE ID View ID Nature Ordinal
923 1000 ChildOf Primary
295 1000 ChildOf