CVE-2020-28972

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

3.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.5% 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:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2021-02-27 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-11-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

309ac7c6cc265139b8ca4f4613ba665f6926b15d978d4a7c0e09c1349ac82a4a

• saltproject.iohttps://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-43eb5584adhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202103-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlmailing-list
• www.debian.orgDSA-5011https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22vendor-advisory