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CVE-2026-92943 (GCVE-0-2026-92943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 19:14 – Updated: 2026-09-17 19:57
VLAI
Title
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in AWS IoT Device SDK for Python
Summary
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in the MQTT client TLS connection layer in AWS IoT Device SDK for Python 1.5.3 through 1.6.0 on Python 3.7 and later might allow an adversary-in-the-middle actor to impersonate the AWS IoT Core endpoint, read device telemetry, and inject arbitrary MQTT messages that the device processes as authentic, via a certificate issued for an unrelated hostname by a certificate authority present in the device trust store. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 1.6.1.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 19:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-297 - Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
AWS AWSIoTPythonSDK Affected: 1.5.3 , ≤ 1.6.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:aws:awsiotpythonsdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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