CVE-2020-14145
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- Jun 29, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2020
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/compare/V_8_3_P1...V_8_4_P1
- https://www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informationslecks-fuer-gezielte-mitm-angriffe-auf-ssh-clients/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0004/
- [oss-security] 20201202 Some mitigation for openssh CVE-2020-14145mailing-list
- https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=b3855ff053f5078ec3d3c653cdaedefaa5fc362d
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2020-14145.html
- https://github.com/ssh-mitm/ssh-mitm/blob/master/ssh_proxy_server/plugins/session/cve202014145.py
- GLSA-202105-35vendor-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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