What is CVE-2020-16163?

CVE-2020-16163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ripe Rpki Validator 3, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-16163?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-16163 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ripe Rpki Validator 3

CVE-2020-16163

An issue was discovered in RIPE NCC RPKI Validator 3.x before 3.1-2020.07.06.14.28. RRDP fetches proceed even with a lack of validation of a TLS HTTPS endpoint. This allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, or to trigger denial of service to traffic directed to co-dependent routing systems. NOTE: third parties assert that the behavior is intentionally permitted by RFC 8182

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.013 (66.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ripe Rpki_validator_3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16163?: CVE-2020-16163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ripe Rpki Validator 3, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-16163?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-16163 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.