CVE-2012-5822

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The contribution feature in Zamboni 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 urllib2 library.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 4, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-5822: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix