01 Record
CVE-2020-24722
An issue was discovered in the GAEN (aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications) protocol through 2020-10-05, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. The encrypted metadata block with a TX
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An issue was discovered in the GAEN (aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications) protocol through 2020-10-05, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. The encrypted metadata block with a TX
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 2.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (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:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-07 14:07Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-294Authentication Bypass by Capture-replayBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ac7d842a9380f56535d6b979614c3dbca2784e0cb8ce213ed113a58d762c9af9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- blog.googlehttps://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/update-exposure-notifications
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/12
- github.comhttps://github.com/google/exposure-notifications-internals/blob/main/en-risks-and-mitigations-faq.md#additional-considerations
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159496/GAEN-Protocol-Metadata-Deanonymization-Risk-Score-Inflation.html