CVE-2018-11712

HIGH

WebKitGTK+ 2.20.0-2.20.1 - Improper Certificate Validation for WebSocket Connections

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ versions 2.20.0 and 2.20.1, failed to perform TLS certificate verification for WebSocket connections.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/230886/webkit
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184804

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 63.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (2)
webkitgtk/webkitgtk\+ 2.20.0
webkitgtk/webkitgtk\+ 2.20.1
Published Jun 04, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026