CVE-2020-12823
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or...
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
CVE-2020-12823- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
CVE-2020-12823- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5106 No score
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
EUVD-2020-5106- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f93c-rq5c-gvpf
9.8
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or...
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
GHSA-f93c-rq5c-gvpf- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
CVE-2020-12823- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-12823
9.8
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12823- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12823
9.8
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12823- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0251 No score
Updated openconnect packages fix security vulnerability
Updated openconnect packages fix security vulnerabilities:
OpenConnect through 8.08 mishandles negative return values from X509_check_ function calls, which might assist attackers in performing man-in-the-middle attacks (CVE-2020-12105).
OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c (CVE-2020-12823).
The openconnect package has been updated to version 8.10, fixing these issues and other bugs. See the upstream changelog for details.
- Record
MGASA-2020-0251- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0997-1 No score
Security update for openconnect
This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-12823: Fixed a buffer overflow via crafted certificate data which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1171862).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0997-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1027-1 No score
Security update for openconnect
This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-12823: Fixed a buffer overflow via crafted certificate data which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1171862).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1027-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11114-1 No score
libopenconnect5-8.10-2.6 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libopenconnect5-8.10-2.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11114-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1807-1 No score
Security update for openconnect
This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-12823: Fixed a buffer overflow via crafted certificate data which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1171862).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1807-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1930-1 No score
Security update for openconnect
This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-12823: Fixed a buffer overflow via crafted certificate data which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1171862).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1930-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0317-1 No score
Security update for openconnect
This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:
-
Update to release 9.12:
- Explicitly reject overly long tun device names.
- Increase maximum input size from stdin (#579).
- Ignore 0.0.0.0 as NBNS address (!446, vpnc-scripts#58).
- Fix stray (null) in URL path after Pulse authentication (4023bd95).
- Fix config XML parsing mistake that left GlobalProtect ESP non-working in v9.10 (!475).
- Fix case sensitivity in GPST header matching (!474).
-
Update to release 9.10:
- Fix external browser authentication with KDE plasma-nm < 5.26.
- Always redirect stdout to stderr when spawning external browser.
- Increase default queue length to 32 packets.
- Fix receiving multiple packets in one TLS frame, and single packets split across multiple TLS frames, for Array.
- Handle idiosyncratic variation in search domain separators for all protocols
- Support region selection field for Pulse authentication
- Support modified configuration packet from Pulse 9.1R16 servers
- Allow hidden form fields to be populated or converted to text fields on the command line
- Support yet another strange way of encoding challenge-based 2FA for GlobalProtect
- Add --sni option (and corresponding C and Java API functions) to allow domain-fronting connections in censored/filtered network environments
- Parrot a GlobalProtect server's software version, if present, as the client version (!333)
- Fix NULL pointer dereference that has left Android builds broken since v8.20 (!389).
- Fix Fortinet authentication bug where repeated SVPNCOOKIE causes segfaults (#514, !418).
- Support F5 VPNs which encode authentication forms only in JSON, not in HTML.
- Support simultaneous IPv6 and Legacy IP ('dual-stack') for Fortinet .
- Support 'FTM-push' token mode for Fortinet VPNs .
- Send IPv6-compatible version string in Pulse IF/T session establishment
- Add --no-external-auth option to not advertise external-browser authentication
- Many small improvements in server response parsing, and better logging messages and documentation.
-
Update to release 9.01:
- Add support for AnyConnect 'Session Token Re-use Anchor Protocol' (STRAP)
- Add support for AnyConnect 'external browser' SSO mode
- Bugfix RSA SecurID token decryption and PIN entry forms, broken in v8.20
- Support Cisco's multiple-certificate authentication
- Revert GlobalProtect default route handling change from v8.20
- Suppo split-exclude routes for Fortinet
- Add webview callback and SAML/SSO support for AnyConnect, GlobalProtect
-
Update to release 8.20:
- Support non-AEAD ciphersuites in DTLSv1.2 with AnyConnect.
- Emulated a newer version of GlobalProtect official clients, 5.1.5-8; was 4.0.2-19
- Support Juniper login forms containing both password and 2FA token
- Explicitly disable 3DES and RC4, unless enabled with --allow-insecure-crypto
- Allow protocols to delay tunnel setup and shutdown (!117)
- Support for GlobalProtect IPv6
- SIGUSR1now causes OpenConnect to log detailed connection information and statistics
- Allow --servercert to be specified multiple times in order to accept server certificates matching more than one possible fingerprint
- Demangle default routes sent as split routes by GlobalProtect
- Support more Juniper login forms, including some SSO forms
- Restore compatibility with newer Cisco servers, by no longer sending them the X-AnyConnect-Platform header
- Add support for PPP-based protocols, currently over TLS only.
- Add support for two PPP-based protocols, F5 with --protocol=f5 and Fortinet with --protocol=fortinet.
- Add support for Array Networks SSL VPN.
- Support TLSv1.3 with TPMv2 EC and RSA keys, add test cases for swtpm and hardware TPM.
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Import the latest version of the vpnc-script (bsc#1140772)
- This brings a lot of improvements for non-trivial network setups, IPv6 etc
-
Build with --without-gnutls-version-check
-
Update to…
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0317-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openconnectDebian:12 |
before 8.10-1 | 8.10-1 |
openconnectDebian:13 |
before 8.10-1 | 8.10-1 |
openconnectDebian:14 |
before 8.10-1 | 8.10-1 |
openconnectDebian:8 |
before 6.00-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions 6.00-26.00-2+deb8u1 |
6.00-2+deb8u2 |
openconnectMageia:7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 8.10-1.mga7 | 8.10-1.mga7 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 |
before 7.08-3.12.1 | 7.08-3.12.1 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 |
before 7.08-3.12.1 | 7.08-3.12.1 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 |
before 7.08-6.9.1 | 7.08-6.9.1 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 |
before 7.08-6.9.1 | 7.08-6.9.1 |
oath-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 | 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
oath-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 | 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 9.12-150400.15.3.1 | 9.12-150400.15.3.1 |
stokenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.81-150400.13.2.1 | 0.81-150400.13.2.1 |
oath-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 | 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 |
openconnectSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 9.12-150400.15.3.1 | 9.12-150400.15.3.1 |
stokenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.81-150400.13.2.1 | 0.81-150400.13.2.1 |
oath-toolkitopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 | 2.6.2-150000.3.5.1 |
openconnectopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 9.12-150400.15.3.1 | 9.12-150400.15.3.1 |
stokenopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.81-150400.13.2.1 | 0.81-150400.13.2.1 |
openconnectUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.06-2build17.06-2build2 |
None known |
openconnectUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.08-17.08-27.08-37.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.17.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2 |
None known |
openconnectUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 8.02-1build18.05-1 |
None known |
openconnectopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 7.08-lp151.6.9.1 | 7.08-lp151.6.9.1 |
openconnectopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 7.08-lp152.9.4.2 | 7.08-lp152.9.4.2 |
openconnectopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 8.10-2.6 | 8.10-2.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12823 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Infradead Openconnect, published May 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.74%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in openconnect 8.10-1.
References
gitlab.com/openconnect/openconnect/-/merge_requests/108
bugs.gentoo.org/721570
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00015.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYSXLXAPXD2T73T6JMHI5G2WP7KHAGMN
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEVTIH5UFX35CC7MVSYBGRM3D66ACFD5
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25MFX4AZE7RDCUWOL4ZOE73YBOPUMQDX
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-15
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00056.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12823
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/25MFX4AZE7RDCUWOL4ZOE73YBOPUMQDX
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AYSXLXAPXD2T73T6JMHI5G2WP7KHAGMN
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BEVTIH5UFX35CC7MVSYBGRM3D66ACFD5
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f93c-rq5c-gvpf
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12823
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0251.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26624
infradead.org/openconnect/changelog.html
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20201807-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1171862
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12823
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20201930-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240317-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1140772
bugzilla.suse.com/1157446
bugzilla.suse.com/1170452
bugzilla.suse.com/1215669
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20319
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12105
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12823
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12823
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/QVAAM5HHI3CZY2NH7XA6UIKOBYCJ3GMU
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/JAH5LUZ22G6KZDCULBOOKADOUFIV5COP
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