CVE-2025-40896CWE-295

Lack of TLS certificate validation when connecting Arc to a Guardian or CMC, in Arc before v2.2.0

Medium · published March 4, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The server certificate was not verified when an Arc agent connected to a Guardian or CMC.

A malicious actor could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the communication between the Arc agent and the Guardian or CMC. This could result in theft of the client token and sensitive information (such as assets and alerts), impersonation of the server, or injection of spoofed data (such as false asset information or vulnerabilities) into the Guardian or CMC.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00113 · 1.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2026-03-04T13:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAR 13:52Z
    Lack of TLS certificate validation when connecting Arc to a Guardian or CMC, in Arc before v2.2.0
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