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CVE-2017-1000209

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000209 is a hostname verification vulnerability affecting the nv-websocket-client Java library. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers because the client fails to verify that the server's hostname matches the certificate's subject. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a high confidentiality impact and a high attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nv-websocket-client_project:nv-websocket-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.neovisionaries:nv-websocket-clientFixed in: 2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7medium

nv-websocket-client allows attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107
Third Party Advisory