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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11005

The WindowsHello open source library (NuGet HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.WindowsHello), before version 1.0.4, has a vulnerability where encrypted data could potentially be decrypted without needing authentication. If the library is used to encrypt text and write the output to a txt file, another executable could be able to decrypt the text using the static method NCryptDecrypt from this same library without the need to use Windows Hello Authentication again. This has been patched in version 1.0.4.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-11005

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2020, 23:15 UTC

The WindowsHello open source library (NuGet HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.WindowsHello), before version 1.0.4, has a vulnerability where encrypted data could potentially be decrypted without needing authentication. If the library is used to encrypt text and write the output to a txt file, another executable could be able to decrypt the text using the static method NCryptDecrypt from this same library without the need to use Windows Hello Authentication again. This has been patched in version 1.0.4.

osv:CVE-2020-11005
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11005",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-11005",
    "summary": "The WindowsHello open source library (NuGet HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.WindowsHello), before version 1.0.4, has a vulnerability where encrypted data could potentially be decrypted without needing authentication. If the library is used to encrypt text and write the output to a txt file, another executable could be able to decrypt the text using the static method NCryptDecrypt from this same library without the need to use Windows Hello Authentication again. This has been patched in version 1.0.4.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11005",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-11005",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-11005",
        "GHSA-wvpv-ffcv-r6cw"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/sepppenner/windowshello",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0fb780983f67efe1fe42c8db0dbfcac79d723ee7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:windowshello_project:windowshello:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      }
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:45.536738395Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/SeppPenner/WindowsHello/security/advisories/GHSA-wvpv-ffcv-r6cw",
        "https://github.com/SeppPenner/WindowsHello/issues/3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-11005",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382881,
  "published_at": "2020-04-14T23:15:12.09+00:00"
}