Description
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
Published: 2014-05-05
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0094 PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f9q5-46qg-74x4 PyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00172}

epss

{'score': 0.0021}


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Pywbem Project Pywbem
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.351Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-6418

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-05T17:06:04.733

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2013-6418

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2013-6418 - Bugzilla

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