CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-8286

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability allows reusing an existing live connection for a new transfer using STARTTLS even when the TLS configuration mismatches, potentially leading to unauthorized access or man-in-the-middle attacks.

Risk Assessment

The organization risks interception or modification of data transmitted over connections that should be TLS-protected but may be carried over an unsecured channel due to this flaw.

Recommendation

Immediately update to a patched version of the software and enforce re-establishing connections whenever TLS configuration changes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS