CVE-2020-26117
In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a
02 Description
In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a
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
- 3.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-09-27 03:30Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-09-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6503a6fe0730810cb33802f8d913c2f2571c72b91b75ddff95a1c574fbc6a138
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.11.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/f029745f63ac7d22fb91639b2cb5b3ab56134d6e
- github.comhttps://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/b30f10c681ec87720cff85d490f67098568a9cba
- github.comhttps://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/20dea801e747318525a5859fe4f37c52b05310cb
- github.comhttps://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/7399eab79a4365434d26494fa1628ce1eb91562b
- bugzilla.opensuse.orghttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176733
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201006 [SECURITY] [DLA 2396-1] tigervnc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1666http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00025.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1841http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00024.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tigervnc Fixed in 1.10.1+dfsg-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tigervnc Fixed in 1.10.1+dfsg-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tigervnc Fixed in 1.10.1+dfsg-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- tigervnc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- tigervnc Fixed in 1.10.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.