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CVE-2020-9433

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9433 is a critical vulnerability affecting lua-openssl versions 0.7.7-1, where the openssl_x509_check_email function incorrectly handles X.509 certificate validation due to misuse of lua_pushboolean for non-boolean return values. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical) and allows for unauthenticated remote attacks with high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.7-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lua-openssl_project:lua-openssl:0.7.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

github.com / zhaozg/lua-openssl/commit/a6dc186dd4b6b9e329a93cca3e7e3cfccfdf3cca
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