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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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3DescriptionNVD
Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in ex-aws ex_aws_sns (ExAws.SNS, ExAws.SNS.PublicKeyCache modules) allows Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ex_aws/sns.ex, lib/ex_aws/sns/public_key_cache.ex and program routines 'Elixir.ExAws.SNS':verify_message/1, 'Elixir.ExAws.SNS.PublicKeyCache':get/1.
'Elixir.ExAws.SNS':verify_message/1 fetches the signing certificate from the SigningCertURL field of the incoming SNS message without validating that the URL uses HTTPS or that the host matches an AWS-owned SNS certificate domain. An unauthenticated attacker who can POST to an endpoint that calls verify_message/1 can supply an attacker-controlled SigningCertURL, sign a forged SNS message with their own key, and cause the function to return :ok, completely bypassing SNS signature verification.
This issue affects ex_aws_sns: from 2.0.1 before 2.3.5.
AnalysisAI
SNS signature verification bypass in the Elixir ex_aws_sns library (versions 2.0.1 through 2.3.4) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to forge messages that pass ExAws.SNS.verify_message/1 checks. The verify_message/1 routine fetched the signing certificate from the attacker-supplied SigningCertURL field without restricting the scheme to HTTPS or the host to an AWS SNS certificate domain, so an attacker can host their own certificate, sign a forged payload, and have verification return :ok. …
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RemediationAI
24 hours: Audit infrastructure to identify all Elixir applications using ex_aws_sns and determine installed versions. 7 days: Upgrade all instances to ex_aws_sns 2.3.5 or later via dependency management (update mix.exs and deploy). …
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EUVD-2026-32861