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CVE-2020-15133

8.7 highEPSS 0.9%

High (8.7) in faye-websocket project faye-websocket. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in faye-websocket 0.11.0.

In faye-websocket before version 0.11.0, there is a lack of certification validation in TLS handshakes. The `Faye::WebSocket::Client` class uses the `EM::Connection#start_tls` method in EventMachine to implement the TLS handshake whenever a `wss:` URL is used for the connection. This method does not implement certificate verification by default, meaning that it does not check that the server presents a valid and trusted TLS certificate for the expected hostname. That means that any `wss:` connection made using this library is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, since it does not confirm the identity of the server it is connected to. For further background information on this issue, please see the referenced GitHub Advisory. Upgrading `faye-websocket` to v0.11.0 is recommended.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.7 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 60% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-295
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-2v5c-755p-p4gvRubyGemsfaye-websocket<0.11.00.11.0

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