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CVE-2015-3908
Ansible before 1.9.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.94%
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- mitre
Description
Ansible before 1.9.2 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.94% · top 39% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-w64c-pxjj-h866 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20150714 [CVE-2015-3908] Improper TLS Certificate Validation in Ansible (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1280 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.ansible.com/security (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1452 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190916 [SECURITY] [DLA 1923-1] ansible security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-w64c-pxjj-h866 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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