libcloud before 0.4.1 does not verify SSL certificates for HTTPS connections, which allows remote attackers to spoof certificates and…

Description

libcloud before 0.4.1 does not verify SSL certificates for HTTPS connections, which allows remote attackers to spoof certificates and bypass intended access restrictions via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIapache-libcloudGHSA-w3j6-8j34-q43x (opens in a new tab)

References (5)

• [libcloud] 20100929 [jira] Closed: (LIBCLOUD-55) this python project is vulnerable to MITM as it fails to verify the ssl validity of the remote destination. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/LibcloudSSL (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598463 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [libcloud] 20101108 SSL certs checking (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LIBCLOUD-55 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-w3j6-8j34-q43x (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 17 Sept 2024, 01:35 UTC.