Description
An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP before 23.2.2. The ssl application 10.2 accepts and trusts an invalid X.509 certificate chain to a trusted root Certification Authority.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | erlang | 24.0.5-2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10740-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | erlang27 | 27.1.3-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15740-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.22 | erlang26 | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.19 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.17 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | — |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15740-1 erlang27-27.1.3-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10740-1 erlang-24.0.5-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026