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_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-29T16:26:08Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2014-05-05T17:06:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
}