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CVE-2020-27589

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-27589 describes a critical vulnerability in Synopsys hub-rest-api-python (versions 0.0.25 to 0.0.52), where the software fails to properly validate SSL certificates in specific scenarios. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high-impact vulnerability that could lead to integrity compromise (I:H) without requiring user interaction (UI:N) or authentication (PR:N), and can be exploited over the network (AV:N). Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.0.25, <= 0.0.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:synopsys:hub-rest-api-python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:N/I:H/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: blackduckFixed in: 0.0.53

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-f248-v4qh-x2r6high

Improper Certificate Validation in blackduck

Apr 20, 2021

References

community.synopsys.com / s/question/0D52H00005JCZAXSA5/announcement-black-duck-defect-identified
Vendor Advisory
github.com / blackducksoftware/hub-rest-api-python
Third Party Advisory
github.com / blackducksoftware/hub-rest-api-python/pull/113/commits/273b27d0de1004389dd8cf43c40b1197c787e7cd
PatchThird Party Advisory
pypi.org / project/blackduck
Third Party Advisory
optiv.com / explore-optiv-insights/source-zero/certificate-validation-disabled-black-duck-api-wrapper
ExploitThird Party Advisory