Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-48697
FastNetMon 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 5.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.4
References
Products affected by CVE-2026-48697
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:1.2.8