What is CVE-2020-26234?

CVE-2020-26234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apereo Opencast, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-26234?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apereo Opencast

CVE-2020-26234

Opencast before versions 8.9 and 7.9 disables HTTPS hostname verification of its HTTP client used for a large portion of Opencast's HTTP requests. Hostname verification is an important part when using HTTPS to ensure that the presented cer…

EPSS: 0.003 (19.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apereo Opencast
Opencast — versions < 7.9, >= 8.0, < 8.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26234?: CVE-2020-26234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apereo Opencast, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-26234?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.