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CVE-2020-13482
EM-HTTP-Request 1.1.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack…
High7.4EPSS 0.93%
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- mitre
Description
EM-HTTP-Request 1.1.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (6 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.
- RubyGemsem-http-requestGHSA-q27f-v3r6-9v77 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/issues/339 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-117f1b67fb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-8ccd750904 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-094-igrigorik-em-http-request (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-q27f-v3r6-9v77 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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