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CVE-2020-13614

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13614 describes a critical vulnerability in Axel versions prior to 2.17.8, as well as Fedora and openSUSE distributions, where the TLS implementation fails to perform hostname verification. This oversight, categorized as CWE-295, allows for a medium-severity attack (CVSS 5.9) where an unauthenticated attacker can remotely intercept and potentially view sensitive data with high confidentiality impact, though with high attack complexity. Despite its potential for data compromise, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.17.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:axel_project:axel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/tag/v2.17.8
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPZUQSDGV5XDBJGHBWBHWJIBE47Q4QIB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3ECAKIZA2TGBYLUQTLGRMXUFIOGRHG3