CVE-2020-16088

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Published Jul 28, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

iked in OpenIKED, as used in OpenBSD through 6.7, allows authentication bypass because ca.c has the wrong logic for checking whether a public key matches.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-8055	iked in OpenIKED, as used in OpenBSD through 6.7, allows authentication bypass because ca.c has the wrong logic for checking whether a public key matches.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.465% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.7/common/014_iked.patch.sig
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/7afb2d41c6d373cf965285840b85c45011357115
https://github.com/xcllnt/openiked/commits/master
https://www.openiked.org/security.html

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 28, 2020, 11:46 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:37 PM
Reserved: Jul 28, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 28, 2020, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

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