GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx

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    GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx

    Published: 31 Jul 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

    Details: ### Summary The connection is not using TLS for communication ### Details In the configuration of the irc connection, [you are disabling tls](https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/blob/340afc3c8c07a83289fe6ef614aa7563c8b70756/src/twitch/connection.rs#L23) 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.

    References: https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/security/advisories/GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38688, https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/commit/74d13ddca35f8f0816f4933c229da1fd95c0350a, https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui, https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/blob/340afc3c8c07a83289fe6ef614aa7563c8b70756/src/twitch/connection.rs#L23

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: twitch-tui

    Purl: pkg:cargo/twitch-tui

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx | CVE-DB