CVE-2020-5812
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2021 at 11:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus Amazon Machine Image
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 8.12.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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