CVE catalog

CVE-2020-7043

openfortivpn affected and fixed versions

[CVE catalog]

An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL before 1.0.2. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because hostname comparisons do not consider '\0' characters, as demonstrated by a good.example.com\x00evil.example.com attack.

Severity
Critical · CVSS 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
2.76% · Oct 27, 2026

Projects and upstream resources

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Debiantrixieopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiantrixieopenfortivpn1.23.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiansidopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiansidopenfortivpn1.24.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianforkyopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianforkyopenfortivpn1.24.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianbookwormopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianbookwormopenfortivpn1.19.0-2Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]

Showing 8 fix observations. All 10 observations, including unknown and conflicting reports, are available below.

Provider details and historical evidence
Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Debianbookwormopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianbookwormopenfortivpn1.19.0-2Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianforkyopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debianforkyopenfortivpn1.24.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiansidopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiansidopenfortivpn1.24.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiantrixieopenfortivpn1.12.0-1FixedDistribution-reported fixed boundary[CVE-2020-7043]
Debiantrixieopenfortivpn1.23.1-1Fixed[CVE-2020-7043]
Ubuntu18.04openfortivpn1.6.0-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7043]
Ubuntu18.04openfortivpn1.6.0-1build1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7043]
Original provider fields
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    }
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      ],
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      "fixed_version": "",
      "provider_source": "pypi",
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      "provider_updated_at": "2025-10-24T04:48:18Z",
      "applicability_unknown": true
    }
  ]
}

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [openfortivpn]Unknown
    Details (2)

    • 1.19.0-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.12.0-1

      dsa · openfortivpn · debian · bookworm; dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 12

    • 1.19.0-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.12.0-1

      dsa · openfortivpn · debian · bookworm; dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [openfortivpn]Unknown
    Details (2)

    • 1.23.1-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.12.0-1

      dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 13

    • 1.23.1-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.12.0-1

      dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]