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Certifi removing TrustCor root certificate

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 7, 2022 in certifi/python-certifi • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

pip certifi (pip)

Affected versions

>= 2017.11.05, < 2022.12.07

Patched versions

2022.12.07

Description

Certifi 2022.12.07 removes root certificates from "TrustCor" from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store.

TrustCor's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation prompted by media reporting that TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware. Conclusions of Mozilla's investigation can be found here.

References

@alex alex published to certifi/python-certifi Dec 7, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 7, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 7, 2022
Reviewed Dec 7, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23491

GHSA ID

GHSA-43fp-rhv2-5gv8
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