CVE-2020-14929 [High] | Security Vulnerability in Alpine

CVE-2020-14929 is rated Moderate Risk (58.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). EPSS rose +1.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.19%	1.82%	+1.64%
2	2026-04-28	0.38%	0.19%	-0.20%
3	2025-08-16	—	0.38%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.19%

1.82%

+1.64%

2026-04-28

0.38%

0.19%

-0.20%

2025-08-16

—

0.38%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. 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.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/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:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. 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.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/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:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14929

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2020-14929: 1 source package rows (alpine); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14929
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2020-14929 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (alpine), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14929
`suse`	high	CVE-2020-14929 severity important: SUSE including 12 source package names (alpine-2.24-bp151.5.3.1, alpine-2.24-bp152.4.3.1, …), 12 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1, SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 12.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14929/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2020-14929 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (alpine), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 14, DNE 1, ignored 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14929

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14929

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
alpine_project	alpine	< 2.23	cpe:2.3:a:alpine_project:alpine::::::::
fedoraproject	fedora	31	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	32	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-14929

URL	Tags
http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00025.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFXQGKZZMP3VSTLZVO5Z7Z6USYIW37A6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJLY6JDVGDNAJZ3UQDWYWSDBWOAOXMNX/

URL

CVE-2020-14929

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14929

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14929

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14929

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14929

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14929

References for CVE-2020-14929