CVE-2012-5825: Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate

May 17, 2022 (updated November 18, 2024)

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.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tweepy/PYSEC-2012-17.yaml
github.com/tweepy/tweepy
github.com/tweepy/tweepy/issues/279
github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/400
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5825

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