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        "ID": "CVE-2024-38861",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@checkmk.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Improper Certificate Validation in Checkmk Exchange plugin MikroTik allows attackers in MitM position to intercept traffic. This issue affects MikroTik: from 2.0.0 through 2.5.5, from 0.4a_mk through 2.0a."
            }
        ]
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation",
                        "cweId": "CWE-295"
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                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "n/a",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "n/a"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    "vendor_name": "n/a"
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://exchange.checkmk.com/p/mikrotik",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://exchange.checkmk.com/p/mikrotik"
            }
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    "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
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    "exploit": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "A PoC of an exploit was performed, where an attacker would intercept the communication, supply a self-signed certificate to the plugin and would subsequently be able to read transmitted credentials in clear-text."
        }
    ],
    "credits": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Jakob Hartmann of Limes Security"
        },
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Peter Panholzer of Limes Security"
        }
    ]
}