🛡️ CVE-2013-6396 — python-swiftclient

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-295 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Python Swift client is vulnerable to Missing SSL Certificate Check

The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) from 1.0 before 2.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2013-6396 is classified as CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation. A TLS certificate is accepted without proper verification, so a man-in-the-middle can present their own.

Affected software

CVE-2013-6396 is recorded against 1 package.

  • python-swiftclient (from 1.0 up to 2.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 7 July 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
review.opendev.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-295
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python-swiftclient 1.0 2.0

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