Medium
Security advisory
The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1000209
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
osv:CVE-2017-1000209
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000209",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2017-1000209",
"summary": "The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-1000209",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
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"CVE-2017-1000209",
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}
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"affected": [
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"nv-websocket-client-1.19",
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"nv-websocket-client-1.15",
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],
"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:50.774708396Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 380856,
"published_at": "2017-11-17T02:29:01.097+00:00"
}