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osvGoogleOSV:CVE-2020-28896
HistoryNov 23, 2020 - 7:15 p.m.

CVE-2020-28896

2020-11-2319:15:11
Google
osv.dev
17
mutt
neomutt
tls
imap
authentication
security vulnerability

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.9%

Mutt before 2.0.2 and NeoMutt before 2020-11-20 did not ensure that $ssl_force_tls was processed if an IMAP server’s initial server response was invalid. The connection was not properly closed, and the code could continue attempting to authenticate. This could result in authentication credentials being exposed on an unencrypted connection, or to a machine-in-the-middle.