CVE-2020-14145
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client). NOTE: some reports state that 8.5 and 8.6 are also affected.
How to fix CVE-2020-14145
To remediate CVE-2020-14145, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openssh—upgrade to 8.3_p1-r1 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2020-14145 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 8.3_p1-r1
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |