{"cve":"CVE-2020-14145","nvd":{"published":"2020-06-29T18:15:11.940","modified":"2026-10-14T10:17:29.537","status":"Modified","description":"The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client). NOTE: some reports state that 8.5 and 8.6 are also affected.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-203"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/02/1","https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=b3855ff053f5078ec3d3c653cdaedefaa5fc362d","https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2020-14145.html","https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/compare/V_8_3_P1...V_8_4_P1","https://github.com/ssh-mitm/ssh-mitm/blob/master/ssh_proxy_server/plugins/session/cve202014145.py"],"products":["netapp:active_iq_unified_manager","netapp:aff_a700s_firmware","netapp:hci_compute_node","netapp:hci_management_node","netapp:hci_storage_node","netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility","netapp:solidfire","netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage","openbsd:openssh"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:06:22.076270124+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-14145","score":0.02949,"percentile":0.87065,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}