The sync endpoint in YubiKey Validation Server before 2.40 allows remote attackers to replay an OTP. NOTE: this issue is potentially relevant to persons outside Yubico who operate a self-hosted OTP validation service with a non-default configuration such as an open sync pool; the issue does NOT affect YubiCloud.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-10185 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.45%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.59% | 1.45% | +0.86% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.49% | 0.59% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.49% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 4.7 | [email protected] |
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2020-10185 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (yubikey-val), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 14, needs-triage 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10185 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| yubico | yubikey_one_time_password_validation_server | < 2.40 | cpe:2.3:a:yubico:yubikey_one_time_password_validation_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Yubico/yubikey-val/releases/tag/yubikey-val-2.40 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00014.html | |
| https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2020-01/ | Exploit Vendor Advisory |