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CVE-2020-1045

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1045 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET Core that affects fedoraproject, microsoft, and redhat products. The vulnerability stems from how ASP.NET Core parses encoded cookie names, allowing a malicious actor to set a second cookie with a percent-encoded name. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.1, <= 2.1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.1, < 3.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0597 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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 (18)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: ASP.NET Core 2.1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: ASP.NET Core 3.1
View patch
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.OwinFixed in: 4.1.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-armFixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64Fixed in: 3.1.8
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpFixed in: 2.1.22
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.AppFixed in: 2.1.22
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-armFixed in: 3.1.8
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFixed in: rh-dotnet31-dotnet-0:3.1.108-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: dotnet3.1-0:3.1.108-2.el8_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

nugetGHSA-hxrm-9w7p-39cchigh

Cookie parsing failure

May 24, 2022
microsoft2020-Sep/CVE-2020-1045Important

Microsoft ASP.NET Core Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Sep 8, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-1045Important

dotnet: ASP.NET cookie prefix spoofing vulnerability

Jul 1, 2020

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:3699
Third Party Advisory
github.com / dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/3.1/3.1.8/3.1.8.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LN2FUVBSVPGK7AU3NMLO3YR6CGONQPB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASICXQXS4M7MTAF6SGQMCLCA63DLCUT3
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1045
PatchVendor Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RHEL8-DOTNET-1439600
Third Party Advisory