CVE-2020-26117 (GCVE-0-2020-26117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-27 03:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:49
VLAI
Summary
In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
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