CVE-2020-12279

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-04-27 00:00Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 11:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-04-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-706Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or ReferenceClass
• CWE-358Improperly Implemented Security Check for StandardBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

09b9a60232f4ad823fab50ffa228f6db5619afe3b8fa7a217eda8b6fdc03f479

• github.comhttps://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0
• github.comhttps://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4
• github.comhttps://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
• github.comhttps://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220321 [SECURITY] [DLA 2936-1] libgit2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlmailing-list
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3340-1] libgit2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.htmlmailing-list