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GHSA-FRG3-GPCX-968F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:04 – Updated: 2025-08-04 14:23

Summary

SwiftNIO SSL arbitrary code execution vulnerability

Details

A SwiftNIO application using TLS may be able to execute arbitrary code. The issue was addressed by signaling that an executable stack is not required. This issue is fixed in SwiftNIO SSL 2.4.1.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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              "introduced": "2.0.0"
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              "fixed": "2.4.1"
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  "id": "GHSA-frg3-gpcx-968f",
  "modified": "2025-08-04T14:23:36Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:04:41Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl/releases/tag/2.4.1"
    },
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      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-COCOAPODS-SWIFTNIOSSL-8492737"
    },
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CVE-2019-8849 (GCVE-0-2019-8849)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-18 17:33 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:31

Summary

The issue was addressed by signaling that an executable stack is not required. This issue is fixed in SwiftNIO SSL 2.4.1. A SwiftNIO application using TLS may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

A SwiftNIO application using TLS may be able to execute arbitrary code

Assigner

apple

References

URL

Tags

https://support.apple.com/HT210772

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apple	Swift-Ubuntu	Affected: unspecified , < SwiftNIO SSL 2.4.1 (custom)

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GHSA-FRG3-GPCX-968F

CVE-2019-8849 (GCVE-0-2019-8849)

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