What is CVE-2020-25680?

CVE-2020-25680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-25680?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd

CVE-2020-25680

A flaw was found in JBCS httpd in version 2.4.37 SP3, where it uses a back-end worker SSL certificate with the keystore file's ID is 'unknown'. The validation of the certificate whether CN and hostname are matching stopped working and allow connecting to the back-end work. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2021-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd — versions 2.4.37
Jbcs Httpd — versions JBCS httpd 2.4.37 SP5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25680?: CVE-2020-25680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-25680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.