CVE-2017-1000007

txAWS (all current versions) fail to perform complete certificate verification resulting in vulnerability to MitM attacks and information disclosure.

Published: 2017-07-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1000007 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000007

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.17% 0.75% +0.58%
2 2025-03-30 1.17% 0.17% -1.00%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.17% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000007

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000007

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-1000007

GHSA-cggm-52qp-wvw7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — txAWS AWSServiceEndpoint defaults to not verifying server certificates

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000007

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-1000007 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (txaws), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 15, ignored 3, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000007

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
twistedmatrix txaws — cpe:2.3:a:twistedmatrix:txaws:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000007

URL Tags
https://github.com/twisted/txaws/issues/24 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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