CVE-2025-35434

CISA Thorium does not validate TLS certificates when connecting to Elasticsearch. An unauthenticated attacker with access to a Thorium cluster could impersonate the Elasticsearch service. Fixed in 1.1.2.

CVSS v3 4.2 MEDIUM

4.2^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/cisagov/thorium/blob/main/api/src/models/backends/setup/elastic_setup.rs#L36-L43	Product
https://github.com/cisagov/thorium/releases/tag/1.1.2	Release Notes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-259-01.json	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35434	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cisa:thorium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-09-17 17:15

Updated : 2025-09-23 15:44

NVD link : CVE-2025-35434

Mitre link : CVE-2025-35434

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-35434

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisa

thorium

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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