CVE-2020-12142 IPSec UDP key material can be retrieved from EdgeConnect by a user with admin credentials
Administrators can retrieve IPSec key material via CLI or APIs, allowing decryption of in-flight communications on Silver Peak EdgeConnect devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-12142?
CVE-2020-12142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 1. Unity EdgeConnect, NX, VX 2. Unity Orchestrator, 3. EdgeConnect in AWS, Azure, GCP, published on 5 May 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
1. IPSec UDP key material can be retrieved from machine-to-machine interfaces and human-accessible interfaces by a user with admin credentials. Such a user, with the required system knowledge, could use this material to decrypt in-flight communication. 2. The vulnerability requires administrative access and shell access to the EdgeConnect appliance. An admin user can access IPSec seed and nonce parameters using the CLI, REST APIs, and the Linux shell.
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12142?
It affects 24 products.
Products include Silver-Peak Nx-1000 Firmware, Silver-Peak Nx-10k Firmware, Silver-Peak Nx-11k Firmware, Silver-Peak Nx-2000 Firmware, Silver-Peak Nx-3000 Firmware, Silver-Peak Nx-5000 Firmware and 18 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-12142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 1. Unity EdgeConnect, NX, VX 2. Unity Orchestrator, 3. EdgeConnect in AWS, Azure, GCP
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g7xc-58w4-v854.