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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14154

Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:37 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-14154

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jun 2020, 17:15 UTC

Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.

osv:CVE-2020-14154
Complete source record
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