Description
The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client 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/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Published: 2017-11-17
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2390 The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client 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/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 nv-websocket-client allows attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate
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Nv-websocket-client Project Nv-websocket-client
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:42:44.930Z

Reserved: 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000209

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-17T02:29:01.097

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000209

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