CVE-2016-20011
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 25, 2021 at 08:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibgrss
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patchCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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