CVE-2020-14156
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that...
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
- Record
CVE-2020-14156- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
- Record
CVE-2020-14156- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6313 No score
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
- Record
EUVD-2020-6313- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q8hw-xhc2-q397 No score
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that...
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
- Record
GHSA-q8hw-xhc2-q397- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
user_channel/passwd_mgr.cpp in OpenBMC phosphor-host-ipmid before 2020-04-03 does not ensure that /etc/ipmi-pass has strong file permissions.
- Record
CVE-2020-14156- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2020-14156 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Openbmc-project Openbmc, published June 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.