CVE-2026-48697

NameCVE-2026-48697
DescriptionFastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 does not verify TLS certificates on outbound HTTPS connections. The execute_web_request_secure() function in src/fast_library.cpp creates a boost::asio::ssl::context with tls_client mode and calls set_default_verify_paths() to load CA certificates, but never calls set_verify_mode(boost::asio::ssl::verify_peer). Without this call, OpenSSL performs the TLS handshake without validating the server's certificate chain, making all HTTPS connections vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. This function is used for telemetry reporting to community-stats.fastnetmon.com, which sends system information including CPU model, kernel version, traffic statistics, and software configuration. An attacker can intercept and modify this data or redirect it to a malicious server.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fastnetmon (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)1.2.4-2+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie1.2.8-1vulnerable
forky, sid1.2.8+git20250911-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fastnetmonsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[trixie] - fastnetmon <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - fastnetmon <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48697-missing-tls-validation

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