What is GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5?

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 cover?

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2012-5825. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5?

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5?

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 affects 1 product, including: pip/tweepy:\u003c 3.0.

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5MediumCVSS 5.3

Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

November 18, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2012-5825 →

📋 Description

Tweepy 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 servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python httplib library.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/tweepy:< 3.0

🔗 References (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/issues/279
https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/400
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tweepy/PYSEC-2012-17.yaml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5