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CVE-2026-89422

DiscoveredSep 22, 2026UpdatedSep 22, 2026

Key Exchange without Entity Authentication vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssl allows a peer that answers a TLS 1.3 client connection to impersonate the intended server. A pre_shared_key extension in the ServerHello that the client never offered causes the client to complete the handshake without validating the server's certificate, so ssl:connect returns {ok, Socket} against a peer holding no certificate, no private key and no prior session. tls_client_connection_1_3:handle_server_hello/2 passes the received extension to tls_gen_connection_1_3:handle_resumption/2, which sets resumption = true on its mere presence without checking that the client offered a PSK. tls_handshake_1_3:get_pre_shared_key/4 meanwhile falls back to the all-zero "no PSK" value and keys the handshake with the ordinary…

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
0.46%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Intelligence Reports1
1 intelligence report available

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EPSS Trend
Sep 23, 2026 → Oct 5, 2026
▲ 0.09pp
0.37% → 0.46% over 3 tracked changes
Connections
1 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 22, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record.