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Removal of TrustCor root certificate

Low
alex published GHSA-43fp-rhv2-5gv8 Dec 7, 2022

Package

pip certifi (pip)

Affected versions

>= 2017.11.05, <2022.12.07

Patched versions

>=2022.12.07

Description

Certifi 2022.12.07 removes root certificates from "TrustCor" from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store.

TrustCor's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation prompted by media reporting that TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware. Conclusions of Mozilla's investigation can be found here.

Severity

Low

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23491

Weaknesses

No CWEs