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CVE-2022-45197

CVE-2022-45197 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Slixmpp lacks SSL Certificate hostname validation in XMLStream

Reported by mitre · Published December 25, 2022

slixmpp is fixed in 1.8.3 (PyPI)

Slixmpp before 1.8.3 lacks SSL Certificate hostname validation in XMLStream, allowing an attacker to pose as any server in the eyes of Slixmpp.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
slixmppPyPI1.8.3
slixmppslixmpp_project1.8.3

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
PyPIslixmpp0
n/an/a*

Timeline

  • Dec 10, 2022 CVE Published
  • Dec 25, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 9, 2026 Security Advisory (5 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 13, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 20, 2026 CVE Updated

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2022-45197
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2022-45197

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2022-45197/fixes/registry"

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