CVE-2019-12855
In words.protocols.jabber.xmlstream in Twisted through 19.2.1, XMPP support did not verify certificates when used with TLS, allowing an attacker to MITM connections.
02 Description
In words.protocols.jabber.xmlstream in Twisted through 19.2.1, XMPP support did not verify certificates when used with TLS, allowing an attacker to MITM connections.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-06-16 11:11Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 93b9e502df2aaa311e5a27394ed7dd293115c401d0b4bb6c756cfbfe67492a0d
05 Affected products
06 References
- twistedmatrix.comhttps://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/9561
- github.comhttps://github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/1147
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-d480909528https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PLTZDMFBNFSJMBXYJNGJHENJA4H2TSMZ/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2068http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00013.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2110http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00028.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4308-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4308-2/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4308-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4308-1/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- twisted Fixed in 18.9.0-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- twisted Fixed in 18.9.0-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- twisted Fixed in 18.9.0-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- twisted Fixed in 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- twisted Fixed in 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- twisted Fixed in 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.