High severity · published Jun 8, 2020
CVE-2020-8172
TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0
7.4
CVSS
6.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.1% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BE
Banking Extensibility Workbench · Oracle
14.3.0; 14.4.0 · source: NVD
BP
Blockchain Platform · Oracle
before 21.1.2 · source: NVD
GR
Graalvm · Oracle
19.3.2; 20.1.0 · source: NVD
MC
Mysql Cluster · Oracle
through 7.3.30; 7.4.0 through 7.4.29; 7.5.0 through 7.5.19; 7.6.0 through 7.6.15; 8.0.0 through 8.0.21 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
12.0.0 before 12.18.0; 14.0.0 before 14.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8172
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8172
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/811502
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2020-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0002/
Not Applicable
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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