What is CVE-2019-5729?

CVE-2019-5729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Software Development Kit, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-5729?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Splunk Software Development Kit

CVE-2019-5729

Splunk-SDK-Python before 1.6.6 does not properly verify untrusted TLS server certificates, which could result in man-in-the-middle attacks.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk Software_development_kit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5729?: CVE-2019-5729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Software Development Kit, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-5729?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.