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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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  • Afnetworking Project/Afnetworking2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:afnetworking_project:afnetworking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:afnetworking_project:afnetworking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.5.2
    • (no CPE)range: <2.5.3

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