tiny-json-http missing SSL certificate validation

published 2018-03-13 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-7h42-5vj2-cq39 , EUVD-2018-0175

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

brianleroux tiny-json-http version all versions since commit 9b8e74a232bba4701844e07bcba794173b0238a8 (Oct 29 2016) contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The libraries core functionality is affected. that can result in Exposes the user to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

npm tiny-json-http 7.0.0

github.com/brianleroux/tiny-json-http@3c1e36d commit
github.com/brianleroux/tiny-json-http#15 pull request

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	tiny-json-http	>=1.0.1, <7.0.0	7.0.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

github.com /brianleroux/tiny-json-http/pull/15
web, third-party-advisory
github.com /brianleroux/tiny-json-http/commit/3c1e36d8bef3ef5fd8e4447f816d5ffe2bfc3190
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000096
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-7h42-5vj2-cq39
advisory
github.com /brianleroux/tiny-json-http
package

Sources

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