Improper Certificate Validation Affecting harvester-fips package, versions <1.8.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-HARVESTERFIPS-17801455
  • published3 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 Oct 2026

Introduced: 3 Jul 2026

CVE-2023-32198  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard harvester-fips to version 1.8.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream harvester-fips package and not the harvester-fips package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability has been identified in Steve where by default it was using an insecure option that did not validate the certificate presented by the remote server while performing a TLS connection. This could allow the execution of a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against services using Steve.