Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-26491
CVE-2022-26491
Description
An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This is similar to CVE-2022-24968.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.14.9
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <2.14.9
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/pidgin&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/pidgin&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4
< 2.13.0-150200.12.6.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.13.0-150200.12.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.13.0-150200.12.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.13.0-150200.12.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.14.8-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.0-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.0-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.13.0-150200.12.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.14.8-150400.3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/1158nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin/rev/13cdb7956bdcnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FullChangeLognvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2022-February/038759.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-26491/nvdVendor Advisory
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