CVE-2020-28362 [High] | Denial of Service in Go

CVE-2020-28362 is rated Moderate Risk (55.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-16	0.15%	0.71%	+0.56%
2	2025-11-21	1.11%	0.15%	-0.96%
3	2025-11-18	—	1.11%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-05-16

0.15%

0.71%

+0.56%

2025-11-21

1.11%

0.15%

-0.96%

2025-11-18

—

1.11%

—

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:N/I:N/A:H` 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:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P` 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:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial 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:N/I:N/A:H 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:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-28362

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2020-28362: 1 source package rows (go); 25 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 18.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-28362
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2020-28362 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-1.15), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28362
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28362
`suse`	high	CVE-2020-28362 severity important: SUSE including 30 source package names (delve-1.4.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7840+63dfb1ed, go-toolset-1.14.12-1.module+el8.3.0+8784+380394dc, …), 62 product×package rows across 12 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, … (12 product lines)): Fixed 62.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28362/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2020-28362 medium priority: Ubuntu including 8 source packages (golang, golang-1.10, …), 120 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 92, not-affected 14, needs-triage 6, ignored 5, released 2, needed 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28362

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-28362

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
golang	go	< 1.14.12	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::
golang	go	>= 1.15, < 1.15.5	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::
fedoraproject	fedora	32	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	33	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
netapp	cloud_insights_telegraf_agent	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_telegraf_agent:-:::::::*
netapp	trident	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:trident:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-28362

URL	Tags
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/c-ssaaS7RMI	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd02e75766cd333a0df417588460f5e4477060633000bfe94955851fd%40%3Cissues.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2W4COUPL3YVTZ6RTEIT6LPBDJUFF3VSP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F3ZSHGNTJWCWYAKY5OLZS2XQQYHSXSUO/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0004/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/12166-security-advisory-62	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2020-28362

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-28362

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-28362

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-28362

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-28362

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-28362

References for CVE-2020-28362