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twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 29, 2023 in Xithrius/twitch-tui • Updated Nov 6, 2023

Package

cargo twitch-tui (Rust)

Affected versions

< 2.4.1

Patched versions

2.4.1

Description

Summary

The connection is not using TLS for communication

Details

In the configuration of the irc connection, you are disabling tls which makes all communication to twitch irc servers unencrypted.

PoC

You can verify by using tcpdump/wireshark that traffic is unencrypted.

Impact

Communication can be sniffed, even auth tokens.

References

@Xithrius Xithrius published to Xithrius/twitch-tui Jul 29, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 31, 2023
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 4, 2023
Last updated Nov 6, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-38688

GHSA ID

GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx

Source code

Credits

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