CVE-2020-1887 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Incorrect validation of the TLS SNI hostname in osquery versions after 2.9.0 and before 4.2.0 could allow an attacker to MITM osquery traffic in the absence of a configured root chain of trust.

Published: 2020-03-12

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Facebook

Osquery

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.2.0`	affected	—
`next of 2.9.0`	affected	< unspecified
`2.9.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:osquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-12713	Incorrect validation of the TLS SNI hostname in osquery versions after 2.9.0 and before 4.2.0 could allow an attacker to MITM osquery traffic in the absence of a configured root chain of trust.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01281.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/6197
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2020-1887

History

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Subscriptions

Linuxfoundation Osquery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2020-03-12T23:50:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:54:00.410Z

Reserved: 2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1887

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-13T00:15:11.557

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:02:33.473

Link: CVE-2020-1887

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-297
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

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