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title: "CVE-2023-32803: Amazon Linux 2 ca-certificates - Misconfiguration"
description: "Amazon Linux 2 ca-certificates package < 2021.2.50-72 contains a trust store misconfiguration caused by improper removal of certain TrustCor root certificates, letting attackers potentially trust malicious certificates, exploit requires vulnerable root store."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2023-32803/
---

# CVE-2023-32803 Amazon Linux 2 ca-certificates - Misconfiguration

Amazon Linux 2 ca-certificates package < 2021.2.50-72 contains a trust store misconfiguration caused by improper removal of certain TrustCor root certificates, letting attackers potentially trust malicious certificates, exploit requires vulnerable root store.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.18% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32803)

## Details

Type

Misconfiguration

Impact

Man In The Middle

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Published

14 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-669](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/669.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 2021.2.50-72 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32803](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32803)
- [https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1957.html](https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1957.html)
- [https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2023-32803.html](https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2023-32803.html)

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