CVE-2012-5825
Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-5825
To remediate CVE-2012-5825, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.1.0-2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.1 or later
Is CVE-2012-5825 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.1.0-2
- from 0, < 3.0
- from 0, < 2.3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |