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CVE-2020-14929

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-14929 affects Alpine versions prior to 2.23, where the email client silently downgrades to an insecure connection after a /tls command in specific PREAUTH scenarios, rather than terminating the connection. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alpine_project:alpine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

mailman13.u.washington.edu / pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFXQGKZZMP3VSTLZVO5Z7Z6USYIW37A6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJLY6JDVGDNAJZ3UQDWYWSDBWOAOXMNX