CVE-2020-7942

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

0.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 54.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

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.

Published

2020-02-19 20:52Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 09:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-23

Assigning CNA

puppet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
• CWE-297Improper Validation of Certificate with Host MismatchVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

71ac20854e24ae2ee136248ef513143a12eef65cad62bcd765c649c838ad16dd

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