7.4High
Tweepy Tweepy
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 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.
What this means for your business
- It affects Tweepy. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Tweepy, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.4 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2012-11-04
- Last modified
- 2026-09-17
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Tweepy Tweepy- 3.0.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.