When the upstream Guardian or CMC was configured in the Remote Collector via n2os-tui, the generated configuration disabled TLS certificate verification, and no option was provided to enable it. A malicious actor could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the communication between the Remote Collector and the Guardian or CMC. This could result in theft of the sync token, impersonation of the server, injection of spoofed data (such as false asset information or vulnerabilities) into the Guardian or CMC, or disruption of the data flow between the Remote Collector and the Guardian or CMC.

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Solution

Upgrade to v26.2.0 or later.


Workaround

Manually edit the "n2os.conf.user" file in the Remote Collector and remove the "!" prefix from the upstream Guardian or CMC endpoint entry to enable TLS certificate verification.

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description When the upstream Guardian or CMC was configured in the Remote Collector via n2os-tui, the generated configuration disabled TLS certificate verification, and no option was provided to enable it. A malicious actor could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the communication between the Remote Collector and the Guardian or CMC. This could result in theft of the sync token, impersonation of the server, injection of spoofed data (such as false asset information or vulnerabilities) into the Guardian or CMC, or disruption of the data flow between the Remote Collector and the Guardian or CMC.
Title Disabled and non-configurable TLS certificate validation in n2os-tui when connecting the Remote Collector to a Guardian or CMC, in Remote Collector before v26.2.0
First Time appeared Nozomi Networks
Nozomi Networks remote Collector
Weaknesses CWE-671
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nozomi_networks:remote_collector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nozomi Networks
Nozomi Networks remote Collector
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Nozomi

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T12:30:59.025Z

Reserved: 2026-03-10T16:14:03.266Z

Link: CVE-2026-31985

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