CVE-2022-2996 — A flaw was found in the python-scciclient when making an HTTPS connection to a s

A flaw was found in the python-scciclient when making an HTTPS connection to a server where the server's certificate would not be verified. This issue opens up the connection to possible Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in the python-scciclient when making an HTTPS connection to a server where the server's certificate would not be verified. This issue opens up the connection to possible Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / python	scciclient — 0.11.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T00:52:59.945Z

09References

• opendev.org — https://opendev.org/x/python-scciclient/commit/274dca0344b65b4ac113d3271d21c17e9…
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00006.html