CVE-2020-9283

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golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. A client can attack an SSH server that accepts public keys. Also, a server can attack any SSH client.

Published: 2020-02-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-9283 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.89%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2020-9283

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
48121 exploit_db edb 2020-02-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-9283

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 18.68% 20.89% +2.21%
2 2026-05-27 19.08% 18.68% -0.40%
3 2026-05-22 — 19.08% —

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9283

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-9283

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-9283

GHSA-ffhg-7mh4-33c4 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in golang.org/x/crypto

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-9283

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-9283 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-go.crypto), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9283
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9283
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-9283 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (golang-go.crypto, lxd, mongo-tools, snapd), 60 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 34, DNE 16, needs-triage 6, ignored 2, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9283

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9283

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang package_ssh 0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 cpe:2.3:a:golang:package_ssh:0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9283

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