CVE-2020-1774 | Information disclosure

When user downloads PGP or S/MIME keys/certificates, exported file has same name for private and public keys. Therefore it's possible to mix them and to send private key to the third-party instead of public key. This issue affects ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 5.0.42 and prior versions, 6.0.27 and prior versions. OTRS: 7.0.16 and prior versions.

Published: 2020-04-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-1774 is rated Low Risk (38/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-1774

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 0.19% 0.91% +0.72%
2 2025-11-21 0.26% 0.19% -0.07%
3 2025-11-18 0.26%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-1774

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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.
0.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
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.
1.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-1774

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-1774

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-1774 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (otrs2), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1774
ubuntu low CVE-2020-1774 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (otrs2), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 8, needs-triage 4, not-affected 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1774

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-1774

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
otrs otrs >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.42 cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
otrs otrs >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.27 cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
otrs otrs >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-1774

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