Vulnerability in Golang Go
CVE-2020-7919
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.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.026 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Golang Go
- Netapp Cloud_insights_telegraf
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7919?
- CVE-2020-7919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-16.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7919?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7919 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.