CVE-2022-23491
Removal of TrustCor root certificate
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi 2022.12.07 removes root certificates from "TrustCor" from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store. TrustCor's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation prompted by media reporting that TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware. Conclusions of Mozilla's investigation can be found in the linked google group discussion.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2022.12.07
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcertifiGHSA-43fp-rhv2-5gv8 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/security/advisories/GHSA-43fp-rhv2-5gv8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/oxX69KFvsm4/m/yLohoVqtCgAJ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0010/ (opens in a new tab)
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-43fp-rhv2-5gv8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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