Improper Certificate Validation in HTTPie CLI - CVE-2023-48052

 

Improper Certificate Validation in HTTPie CLI - CVE-2023-48052

Published: September 26, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116145
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-48052
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not perform certificate validation. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


Affected software

HTTPie CLI
openEuler
python-httpie
python-httpie-help
python3-httpie

How to mitigate CVE-2023-48052

Install updates from vendor's website.

HTTPie CLI - update to 3.2.3
python-httpie - update to 3.2.4-1
python-httpie-help - update to 3.2.4-1
python3-httpie - update to 3.2.4-1

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