Certifi
CVE-2024-39689
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Data authenticity verification
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in pypi
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-345. Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi starting in 2021.5.30 and prior to 2024.7.4 recognized root certificates from GLOBALTRUST. Certifi 2024.7.04 removes root certificates from GLOBALTRUST from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store. GLOBALTRUST's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation which identified "long-running and unresolved compliance issues." Affected products include: Certifi, Netapp Management Services For Element Software And Netapp Hci, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Netapp Ontap Tools. Version information: prior to 2024.7.4.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi starting in 2021.5.30 and prior to 2024.7.4 recognized root certificates from GLOBALTRUST. Certifi 2024.7.04 removes root certificates from GLOBALTRUST from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store. GLOBALTRUST's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation which identified "long-running and unresolved compliance issues."
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verify
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verify
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