CVE-2020-26117

tigervnc: certificate exceptions stored as authorities

Published Sep 27, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2396-1 tigervnc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-18747 In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5965-1 TigerVNC vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 27, 2020, 4:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 18, 2020, 12:00 AM