CVE-2017-1000007
txAWS AWSServiceEndpoint defaults to not verifying server certificates
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000007- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000007- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0138 No score
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0138- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cggm-52qp-wvw7
txAWS AWSServiceEndpoint defaults to not verifying server certificates
txAWS fails to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-cggm-52qp-wvw7- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cggm-52qp-wvw7
txAWS AWSServiceEndpoint defaults to not verifying server certificates
txAWS fails to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-cggm-52qp-wvw7- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000007
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000007- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-85 No score
txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.
- Record
PYSEC-2017-85- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
txawsPyPI |
before 0.4.0 | 0.4.0 |
txawsPyPI |
before 0.4.0, plus listed versions 0.0.10.20.2.10.2.30.2.3.10.3.00.3.0.dev0 |
0.4.0 |
txawsPyPI |
0.0.1 and later, plus listed versions 0.20.2.10.2.30.2.3.10.3.00.3.0.dev00.4.00.5.0 |
None known |
txawsUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.3-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1000007 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Twistedmatrix Txaws, published July 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in txaws 0.4.0.
References
github.com/twisted/txaws/issues/24
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000007
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000007
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000007