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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-34433

In Eclipse Californium version 2.0.0 to 2.6.4 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M3, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally succeeds without verifying the server side's signature on the client side, if that signature is not included in the server's ServerKeyExchange.

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CVE-2021-34433
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1 Nov 2026, 07:02 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-34433

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2021, 17:15 UTC

In Eclipse Californium version 2.0.0 to 2.6.4 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M3, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally succeeds without verifying the server side's signature on the client side, if that signature is not included in the server's ServerKeyExchange.

osv:CVE-2021-34433
Complete source record
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  "id": "0566093c6e293376436917e0a37561e68f67f2358fc0c7b3f743f1723c4ad015",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34433",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-34433",
    "summary": "In Eclipse Californium version 2.0.0 to 2.6.4 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M3, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally succeeds without verifying the server side's signature on the client side, if that signature is not included in the server's ServerKeyExchange.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-34433",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    ],
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0.0-m1",
            "3.0.0-m2",
            "3.0.0-m3",
            "3.0.0-M3",
            "2.6.4",
            "3.0.0-M2",
            "2.6.3",
            "3.0.0-M1",
            "2.6.2",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.5.0",
            "2.4.0",
            "2.3.0",
            "2.3.0-RC2",
            "2.3.0-RC1",
            "2.2.0",
            "2.2.0-RC1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.1.0-RC2",
            "2.1.0-RC1",
            "2.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.610722420Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575281"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-34433",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436580,
  "published_at": "2021-08-20T17:15:07.687+00:00"
}