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CVE-2026-19377

Improper certificate validation in the tunnel handshake in Cato Client allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to impersonate a Cato Point of Presence (PoP) server and intercept or modify tunnel traffic.

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.08%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Improper certificate validation in the tunnel handshake in Cato Client allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to impersonate a Cato Point of Presence (PoP) server and intercept or modify tunnel traffic.

CVSS 4.0
6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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/M
EPSS
0.08% probability · 0th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Source
2505284f-8ffb-486c-bf60-e19c1097a90b
EPSS trend
0%3%5%15 October 2026: 0.08%27 October 2026: 0.08%15 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.1% on 15 October 2026 to 0.1% on 27 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.