Vulnerability in Openfortivpn Project

CVE-2020-7041

An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because an X509_check_host negative error code is interpreted as a successful return value.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.017 (75.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7041?
CVE-2020-7041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openfortivpn Project, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-7041?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7041 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.