{"cve":"CVE-2014-9365","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-12T11:59:07.063","modified":"2026-06-17T00:18:10.500","status":"Modified","description":"The HTTP clients in the (1) httplib, (2) urllib, (3) urllib2, and (4) xmlrpclib libraries in CPython (aka Python) 2.x before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.4.3, when accessing an HTTPS URL, do not (a) check the certificate against a trust store or verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's (b) Common Name or (c) subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://bugs.python.org/issue22417","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/11/1","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html"],"products":["apple:mac_os_x","python:python"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9365","score":0.03012,"percentile":0.87414,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"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."]}