CVE-2020-14145 — The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.3 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an...

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — anongit.mindrot.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Aff A700s Firmware, Netapp Hci Compute Node…).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (info disclosure), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 2.95%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Look for anomalous data read/export volumes and access to sensitive records.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 14, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · openbsd/openssh, netapp/aff a700s firmware, netapp/active iq unified manager, netapp/hci management node, netapp/ontap s
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 5.9
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 14, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2020
• CVE published
  Jun 29, 2020 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

References

13 on the record

• anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/02/1
  Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/compare/V_8_3_P1...V_8_4_P1
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-35
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/ssh-mitm/ssh-mitm/blob/master/ssh_proxy_server/plugins/session/cve202
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-96g2-7cqx-5ggh
  GitHub Security Advisories
• cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
  NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informatio
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informatio
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0004/
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0004
  GitHub Security Advisories
• docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2020-14145.html
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14145
  GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

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• Low CVE-2026-106582 In sshd and ssh in OpenSSH before 10.6, an LZ77 dictionary coder can be used even though… 9d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2020-14145 is "The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.3 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an...", rated Medium. It affects Active Iq Unified Manager (Netapp); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.9 describes technical severity. EPSS 2.95% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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