What is GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7?

GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. nv-websocket-client allows attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 cover?

GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-1000209. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7?

GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7?

GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 affects 1 product, including: maven/com.neovisionaries:nv-websocket-client:\u003c 2.1.

GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7MediumCVSS 5.9

nv-websocket-client allows attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

January 29, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-1000209 →

📋 Description

The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/com.neovisionaries:nv-websocket-client:< 2.1

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000209
https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7