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CVE-2026-18717 (GCVE-0-2026-18717)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 20:20 – Updated: 2026-08-28 15:58

Title

Improper Certificate Validation in ASE 2000

Summary

ASE2000 2.35 through 2.37 is vulnerable to an improper certificate validation vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to impersonate the trusted peer, complete the TLS handshake, and read or modify protected communications.

Severity

7.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-28 15:45 UTC

CWE

CWE-295 - Improper certificate validation

Assigner

icscert icscert root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.ase-systems.com
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…
https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Applied Systems Engineering	ASE2000 V2	Affected: 2.25 , ≤ 2.37 (custom) Unaffected: 2.38	guessed

Date Public

2026-08-27 18:30

Credits

Enoch Wang reported this vulnerability to CISA.

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FKIE_CVE-2026-18717

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-28 00:16 - Updated: 2026-08-31 19:18

Severity

7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-239-04.json
	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-239-04

Impacted products

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              "exploitation": "none"
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}

GHSA-QVG5-FCGX-C529

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-28 00:31

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Severity

7.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "affected": [],
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  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-28T00:16:48Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "ASE2000 2.35 through 2.37 is vulnerable to an improper certificate validation vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to impersonate the trusted peer, complete the TLS handshake, and read or modify protected communications.",
  "id": "GHSA-qvg5-fcgx-c529",
  "modified": "2026-08-28T00:31:59Z",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:31:59Z",
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    },
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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}

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CVE-2026-18717 (GCVE-0-2026-18717)

FKIE_CVE-2026-18717

GHSA-QVG5-FCGX-C529

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