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Authentication Bypass: OpenSSL CTX Object Modified after SSL Objects are Created

CWE-593 · Variant · Draft

The product modifies the SSL context after connection creation has begun.

Extended description

If the program modifies the SSL_CTX object after creating SSL objects from it, there is the possibility that older SSL objects created from the original context could all be affected by that change.

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