CVE-2022-45197

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.

Published: 2022-12-25 Last update: 2025-04-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-45197 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-45197

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 0.29% 0.47% +0.18%
2 2026-05-05 0.10% 0.29% +0.19%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-45197

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-45197

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-45197

GHSA-q6cq-m9gm-6q2f · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Slixmpp lacks SSL Certificate hostname validation in XMLStream

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-45197

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-45197 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (slixmpp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45197
gentoo low CVE-2022-45197: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-07), 1 atom(s) (dev-python/slixmpp); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-45197
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-45197 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (slixmpp), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, ignored 4, needs-triage 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-45197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
slixmpp_project slixmpp < 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:slixmpp_project:slixmpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-45197

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