PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier 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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0095 PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j PyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00291}

epss

{'score': 0.00285}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.254Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6444

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-05-05T17:06:04.763

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2013-6444

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6444 - Bugzilla

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