CVE-2020-1968

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2020-09-09 13:50Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-16 14:10Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-12-03

Assigning CNA

openssl

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-203Observable DiscrepancyBase
• CWE-323Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in EncryptionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9f68d60dbe596bdf206bbb25f0b44cc71ee2eea5a55b66e32bdcbe41aaa78626

• www.openssl.orghttps://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20200909.txt
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4504-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4504-1/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200925 [SECURITY] [DLA 2378-1] openssl1.0 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00016.htmlmailing-list
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200911-0004/
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202210-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-02vendor-advisory