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ubuntu-cve-2020-8172

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-06-08 14:15

Modified

2025-07-16 04:55

Summary

Details

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

Severity

7.4 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8172	REPORT
	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-202…	REPORT
	https://hackerone.com/reports/811502	REPORT
	https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e1b41a708a…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8172	REPORT

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:45:45Z"
}

CVE-2020-8172 (GCVE-0-2020-8172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-08 13:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56

Summary

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233)

Assigner

hackerone

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/811502	x_refsource_MISC
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-202…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020062…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	https://github.com/nodejs/node	Affected: 12.18.0,14.4.0

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2020-8172 (GCVE-0-2020-8172)

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