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CVE-2024-39689

Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi starting in 2021.5.30 and prior to 2024.7.4 recognized root certificates from `GLOBALTRUST`. Certifi 2024.7.04 removes root certificates from `GLOBALTRUST` from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store. `GLOBALTRUST`'s root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation which identified "long-running and unresolved compliance issues."

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), for affected systems. Impacting 4 products from certifi, from netapp, from netapp and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2024-07-05T19:15:10.247

Last Modified

2025-02-15T00:15:13.183

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-345
Type: Primary
CWE-345

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	certifi	certifi	< 2024.7.4	Yes
Application	netapp	management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci	-	Yes
Application	netapp	ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility	-	Yes
Application	netapp	ontap_tools	10	Yes

References

https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/commit/bd8153872e9c6fc98f4023df9c2deaffea2fa463 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/security/advisories/GHSA-248v-346w-9cwc Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/XpknYMPO8dI Mailing List ([email protected])
https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/commit/bd8153872e9c6fc98f4023df9c2deaffea2fa463 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/security/advisories/GHSA-248v-346w-9cwc Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/XpknYMPO8dI Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For certifi's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.