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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13614

An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-13614

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 May 2020, 23:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.

osv:CVE-2020-13614
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13614",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13614",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13614",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0b22b5a23fa0e568803f0a625e51eca4b662c4fc"
                }
              ],
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:axel_project:axel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
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                    ],
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                    "original_tag": "v2.17.8"
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                ]
              }
            }
          ],
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            "v2.17.7",
            "v2.17.6",
            "v2.17.5",
            "v2.17.4",
            "v2.17.3",
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            "v2.17.1",
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:48.151148491Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPZUQSDGV5XDBJGHBWBHWJIBE47Q4QIB/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3ECAKIZA2TGBYLUQTLGRMXUFIOGRHG3/",
        "https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/tag/v2.17.8",
        "https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262"
      ],
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                ],
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            ]
          },
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            ],
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            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0-sp1"
                  },
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                    "last_affected": "15.0-sp1"
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                ],
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              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
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                  {
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-13614",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382963,
  "published_at": "2020-05-26T23:15:10.46+00:00"
}