Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-3996
CVE-2015-3996
Description
The default AFSecurityPolicy.validatesDomainName configuration for AFSSLPinningModeNone in the AFNetworking framework before 2.5.3, as used in the ownCloud iOS Library, disables verification of a server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:afnetworking_project:afnetworking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=2.5.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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