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Password Reset emails missing TLS leads account takeover

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RubyGems
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Reported by c0rte

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Improper Authentication - Generic
Hi, I saw that the email is sent in clear-text instead of TLS (Transport Layer Security) any Man-in-the-middle attacker is able to read these sensitive Emails and get the password reset link which lead to account takeover. Email details: from: [email protected] to: [email protected] date: Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:31 PM subject: Change your password mailed-by: rubygems.org encryption: ec2-52-43-250-235.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com did not encrypt this message Thanks, Diogo Real

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Closed

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Resolved

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Improper Authentication - Generic