{"id":"CVE-2012-5825","aliases":["GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5","PYSEC-2012-17"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5825","summary":"Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate ","details":"Tweepy 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 httplib library.","published":"2012-11-04T22:55:04Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:33.069114Z","cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"tweepy","fixedVersion":"3.0"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-10T03:42:33.069114Z"}}