🛡️ CVE-2022-45197 on Debian — slixmpp

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-45197 as tracked by Debian, for the package slixmpp. The fix is available in version 1.8.3-1; earlier versions remain affected.

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. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45197 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

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45197 is recorded against 1 package.

  • slixmpp (fixed in 1.8.3-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 December 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-45197 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-12-25
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
slixmpp — 1.8.3-1

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