7.8

CVE-2020-7919: debian debian_linux Improper Certificate Validation

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2020-0173UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7919CGA-647p-f32r-44jm
Published 16-03-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7919 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2
DSA-4848-1CGA-7RJ6-3WG2-W635CGA-8G9V-PP84-2M4X

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Go before 1.12.16 and 1.13.x before 1.13.7 (and the crypto/cryptobyte package before 0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68 for Go) allows attacks on clients (resulting in a panic) via a malformed X.509 certificate.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.65% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard4 products
  • dex-k8s-authenticator< 1.4.0-r35
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Ubuntu3 products
  • golang-1.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.14< 1.14~rc1-1
Wolfi3 products
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Alpine2 products
  • containerd< 1.3.3-r0
  • go≥ 1.12, < 1.13.7-r0
Debian1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Github.com/helm1 product
  • helm≥ 2.0.0, < 2.16.8
Go1 product
  • stdlib≥ 1.13.0-0, < 1.13.7
Golang1 product
  • go≥ 1.12, < 1.12.6 | ≥ 1.13, < 1.13.7
Golang.org/x1 product
  • crypto< 0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68
Helm.sh/helm1 product
  • v3≥ 3.0.0, < 3.1.0
Mageia1 product
  • golang< 1.12.17-1.mga7
Netapp1 product

13 vendors · 21 products

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