CVE-2020-24661

Published Aug 26, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
GNOME Geary before 3.36.3 mishandles pinned TLS certificate verification for IMAP and SMTP services using invalid TLS certificates (e.g., self-signed certificates) when the client system is not configured to use a system-provided PKCS#11 store. This allows a meddler in the middle to present a different invalid certificate to intercept incoming and outgoing mail.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17375 GNOME Geary before 3.36.3 mishandles pinned TLS certificate verification for IMAP and SMTP services using invalid TLS certificates (e.g., self-signed certificates) when the client system is not configured to use a system-provided PKCS#11 store. This allows a meddler in the middle to present a different invalid certificate to intercept incoming and outgoing mail.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:19 PM
Reserved
Aug 26, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 26, 2020, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:05 AM