{"cve":"CVE-2012-5825","nvd":{"published":"2012-11-04T22:55:04.997","modified":"2026-09-17T14:22:42.537","status":"Analyzed","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":7.4},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831","http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831"],"products":["tweepy:tweepy"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-5825","score":0.00609,"percentile":0.49192,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5","summary":"Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate ","modified":"2024-11-18T23:01:15.491149Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"tweepy","purl":"pkg:pypi/tweepy","ranges":["<3.0"],"fixed":["3.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2012-17","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-17","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:47.553093749Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"tweepy","purl":"pkg:pypi/tweepy","ranges":["<2.3.1"],"fixed":["2.3.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}