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twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

Type: advisorySources: OSV

twitch-tui provides Twitch chat in a terminal. Prior to version 2.4.1, the connection is not using TLS for communication. In the configuration of the irc connection, the software disables TLS, which makes all communication to Twitch IRC servers unencrypted. As a result, communication, including auth tokens, can be sniffed. Version 2.4.1 has a patch for this issue.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-38688
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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7 Nov 2026, 19:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Aug 2023, 16:18 UTC

twitch-tui provides Twitch chat in a terminal. Prior to version 2.4.1, the connection is not using TLS for communication. In the configuration of the irc connection, the software disables TLS, which makes all communication to Twitch IRC servers unencrypted. As a result, communication, including auth tokens, can be sniffed. Version 2.4.1 has a patch for this issue.

osv:CVE-2023-38688
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38688",
  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted",
    "summary": "twitch-tui provides Twitch chat in a terminal. Prior to version 2.4.1, the connection is not using TLS for communication. In the configuration of the irc connection, the software disables TLS, which makes all communication to Twitch IRC servers unencrypted. As a result, communication, including auth tokens, can be sniffed. Version 2.4.1 has a patch for this issue.",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38688.json",
        "https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/security/advisories/GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx",
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