CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-15133

8.7 HIGH Published 2020-07-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-07-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

In faye-websocket before version 0.11.0, there is a lack of certification validation in TLS handshakes. The `Faye::WebSocket::Client` class uses the `EM::Connection#start_tls` method in EventMachine to implement the TLS handshake whenever a `wss:` URL is used for the connection. This method does not implement certificate verification by default, meaning that it does not check that the server presents a valid and trusted TLS certificate for the expected hostname. That means that any `wss:` connection made using this library is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, since it does not confirm the identity of the server it is connected to. For further background information on this issue, please see the referenced GitHub Advisory. Upgrading `faye-websocket` to v0.11.0 is recommended.

Affected configurations

• faye-websocket project faye-websocket (< 0.11.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References