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CVE-2020-7041

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7041 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later, specifically impacting certificate validation due to an incorrect interpretation of an X509_check_host error code. This flaw, rated 5.3 CVSSv3.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), allows for a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to a loss of integrity. There is 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
< 1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfortivpn_project:openfortivpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/60660e00b80bad0fadcf39aee86f6f8756c94f91
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/cd9368c6a1b4ef91d77bb3fdbe2e5bc34aa6f4c4
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / adrienverge/openfortivpn/issues/536
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKNKSGBVYGRRVRLFEFBEKUEJYJR5LWOF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FF6HYIBREQGATRM5COF57MRQWKOKCWZ3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SRVVNXCNTNMPCIAZIVR4FAGYCSU53FNA