CVE-2013-6418
pywbem: TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · December 17, 2013
Updated · January 8, 2026
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.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition