VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1722

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Primary references