CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1. It affects OpenSSL. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2020-7043
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
2.46%
OpenSSL
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL before 1.0.2. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because hostname comparisons do not consider '\0' characters, as demonstrated by a good.example.com\x00evil.example.com attack.
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