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.
{
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-08-29T21:28:26Z",
"severity": "MODERATE",
"nvd_published_at": "2012-11-04T22:55:00Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
]
}