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CVE-2020-5812 Details

Description

Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate, or incorrectly validate, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tenable nessus amazon machine image
<= 8.12.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:tenable:nessus_amazon_machine_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-5812
NVD Published Date:
Feb 6, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]