Missing SSL certificate validation in HTTPie v3.2.2 allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications between the host and server via a man-in-the-middle attack.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Missing SSL certificate validation in HTTPie v3.2.2 allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications     between the host and server via a man-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2023-48052)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0297 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-48052:
    Missing SSL certificate validation in HTTPie v3.2.2 allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications     between the host and server via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Missing SSL certificate validation in HTTPie v3.2.2 allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications
    between the host and server via a man-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2023-48052)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
255737	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-48052	Nessus	Misc.	high
239171	TencentOS Server 4: httpie (TSSA-2025:0297)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	high
426180	Alpine: multiple httpie packages: security update to 3.2.3-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
426180	Alpine: multiple httpie packages: security update to 3.2.3-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
421539	SCA: security update for httpie (GHSA-8r96-8889-qg2x)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
421539	SCA: security update for httpie (GHSA-8r96-8889-qg2x)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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