VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-14929

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a less secure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and letting the user decide what they would like to do.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references