# CVE-2023-38688: twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

- Also known as: GHSA-779W-XVPM-78JX
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.1
- Published: 2023-08-04 · Updated: 2024-10-09

## Affected

- Xithrius twitch-tui: fixed in 2.4.1
- twitch-tui (crates.io): fixed in 2.4.1

## Description

twitch-tui provides Twitch chat in a terminal. Prior to version 2.4.1, the connection is not using TLS for communication. In the configuration of the irc connection, the software disables TLS, which makes all communication to Twitch IRC servers unencrypted. As a result, communication, including auth tokens, can be sniffed. Version 2.4.1 has a patch for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Xithrius twitch-tui, twitch-tui, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/security/advisories/GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx
- https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/commit/74d13ddca35f8f0816f4933c229da1fd95c0350a
- https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/blob/340afc3c8c07a83289fe6ef614aa7563c8b70756/src/twitch/connection.rs#L23

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