{"id":"CVE-2020-15216","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-15216","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:17:07.766Z","title":"In goxmldsig (XML Digital Signatures implemented in pure Go) before version 1.1.0, with a carefully crafted XML file, an attacker can completely bypass signature validation and pass off an altered file as a signed one.","description":"In goxmldsig (XML Digital Signatures implemented in pure Go) before version 1.1.0, with a carefully crafted XML file, an attacker can completely bypass signature validation and pass off an altered file as a signed one. A patch is available, all users of goxmldsig should upgrade to at least revision f6188febf0c29d7ffe26a0436212b19cb9615e64 or version 1.1.0","published":"2020-09-29T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:56:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-347"],"affected":["goxmldsig project/goxmldsig","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.00898,"percentile":0.59406,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/commit/f6188febf0c29d7ffe26a0436212b19cb9615e64","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/security/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUH33FPUXED3FHYL25BJOQPRKFGPOMS2/","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZECBFD4M4PHBMBOCMSQ537NOU37QOVWP/","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig?tab=overview","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/commit/f6188febf0c29d7ffe26a0436212b19cb9615e64","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/security/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUH33FPUXED3FHYL25BJOQPRKFGPOMS2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZECBFD4M4PHBMBOCMSQ537NOU37QOVWP/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig?tab=overview","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15216","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}