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CVE-2012-5825
Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the…
High7.4EPSS 0.61%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPItweepyGHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- tweepy-ssl-spoofing(79831) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .