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Connection is not encrypted

High
Xithrius published GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx Jul 29, 2023

Package

cargo twitch-tui (Rust)

Affected versions

<= 2.4.0

Patched versions

>= 2.4.1

Description

Summary

The connection is not using TLS for communication

Details

In the configuration of the irc connection, you are disabling tls which makes all communication to twitch irc servers unencrypted.

PoC

You can verify by using tcpdump/wireshark that traffic is unencrypted.

Impact

Communication can be sniffed, even auth tokens.

Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2023-38688

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits