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CVE-2012-0738

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during scanning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary certificate.

Affected products

• IBM Rational Policy Tester: through 8.5.0.2; 5.5.0.0, 5.5.0.1, 5.5.0.2, 5.6.0.0, 5.6.0.1, 5.6.0.2 (+8)
• IBM Corporation AppScan Enterprise: through 8.6.0.1; 6.0.0.0, 6.0.1.0, 6.0.2.0, 6.1.1.0, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1 (+3)

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620759
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620760
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74578
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620759
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620760
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74578

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