CVE-2020-14387

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A flaw was found in rsync in versions since 3.2.0pre1. Rsync improperly validates certificate with host mismatch vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the flaw by performing a man-in-the-middle attack using a valid certificate for another hostname which could compromise confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted using rsync-ssl. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. This flaw affects rsync versions before 3.2.4.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14387

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.2.3-2
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.3-3
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.3-3
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.3-3
debian debiansidfixed3.2.3-3
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.3-3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.