CVE-2014-9365

python: failure to validate certificates in the HTTP client with TLS (PEP 476)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 11, 2014

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

The Python standard library HTTP client modules (such as httplib or urllib) did not perform verification of TLS/SSL certificates when connecting to HTTPS servers. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack connections and eavesdrop or modify transferred data.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity