CVE-2016-1000033
shotwell: TLS certificates are not validated when publishing photos to external services
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 2, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was discovered that shotwell did not validate TLS certificates when publishing photos to online service. A man-in-the-middle attacker could intercept requests and provide crafted responses, obtaining users' photos and potentially sensitive data.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low 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 3.0 · 3.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation