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CVE-2020-26117

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26117 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) affecting TigerVNC before version 1.11.0, where viewers improperly handle TLS certificate exceptions. This flaw allows an attacker to impersonate any server after a client has added a certificate exception, as the certificates are stored as authorities. The vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0306 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.11.0-6.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tigervnc

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-26117Moderate

tigervnc: certificate exceptions stored as authorities

Sep 18, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00025.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00024.html
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.opensuse.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/20dea801e747318525a5859fe4f37c52b05310cb
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/7399eab79a4365434d26494fa1628ce1eb91562b
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/b30f10c681ec87720cff85d490f67098568a9cba
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/f029745f63ac7d22fb91639b2cb5b3ab56134d6e
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.11.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory