CVE-2018-20200

Exp

CertificatePinner.java in OkHttp 3.x through 3.12.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass certificate pinning by changing SSLContext and the boolean values while hooking the application. NOTE: This id is disputed because some parties don't consider this is a vulnerability. Their rationale can be found in https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/4967

Published: 2019-04-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-20200 is rated Exploit Available (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-20200

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-20200

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 1.39% 0.30% -1.08%
2 2025-11-18 0.30% 1.39% +1.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-20200

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-20200

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-20200

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20200
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-20200 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libokhttp-java), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 9, not-affected 4, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20200

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-20200

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squareup okhttp >= 3.0.0, <= 3.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:squareup:okhttp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-20200

URL Tags
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018120252 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/square/okhttp/commits/master Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/4967
https://github.com/square/okhttp/releases Product
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0dd7ff197b2e3bdd80a0326587ca3d0c22e10d1dba17c769d6da7d7a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r71100f23778d72fbd8be8baa6baffc159b9c4f3fae3db4826bdc8ab8%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r78bfce980843be61a55615a7680bbf7ac751a9b3515231eab2d32068%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc436d58531754ac8fe20340044566518ea4dce66aeff9193356a225d%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/recce57e195fbdd856dcf1933c136a8a66d7b02e05e3580f44d75a640%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd1eed12ba2a5dff37229edd60fc84a25517815d848994146a15af91%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://square.github.io/okhttp/3.x/okhttp/ Third Party Advisory
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