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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (85.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Golang Go
- NetApp Cloud Insights Telegraf
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- groups.google.com/forum/
- groups.google.com/forum/
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0001/ (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.