CVE-2022-26491
pidgin: MITM attack possible on non-DNSSEC XMPP connections
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 29, 2022
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Pidgin. This issue allows the performance of a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) against a client via DNS spoofing if the XMPP connections are not using the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-924 · Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel