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CVE-2020-28086

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28086 affects zx2c4 password_store (pass) version 1.7.3, allowing an attacker to trick a user into decrypting and using an unintended password for a service controlled by the attacker. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires an attacker to control the Git server or another user's machine, rename a password file, and for the victim to perform a git pull, decrypt the renamed file, and log into a malicious service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Organizations concerned with this threat model can mitigate the risk by signing Git commits.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zx2c4:password-store:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 21st 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

lists.zx2c4.com / pipermail/password-store/2014-March/000498.html
Vendor Advisory