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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-14039

In Go before 1.13.13 and 1.14.x before 1.14.5, Certificate.Verify may lack a check on the VerifyOptions.KeyUsages EKU requirements (if VerifyOptions.Roots equals nil and the installation is on Windows).

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.76%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Go before 1.13.13 and 1.14.x before 1.14.5, Certificate.Verify may lack a check on the VerifyOptions.KeyUsages EKU requirements (if VerifyOptions.Roots equals nil and the installation is on Windows). Thus, X.509 certificate verification is incomplete.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.76% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Affected
golang/go · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.