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CVE-2015-8838

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.73%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8838
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.73%

Original NVD Description

ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 uses a client SSL option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.