CVE-2020-13645

glib-networking: GTlsClientConnection silently ignores unset server identity

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 4, 2020

Updated · January 22, 2026

Description

In GNOME glib-networking through 2.64.2, the implementation of GTlsClientConnection skips hostname verification of the server's TLS certificate if the application fails to specify the expected server identity. This is in contrast to its intended documented behavior, to fail the certificate verification. Applications that fail to provide the server identity, including Balsa before 2.5.11 and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, accept a TLS certificate if the certificate is valid for any host.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-297 · Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch