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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15136

In ectd before versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23, gateway TLS authentication is only applied to endpoints detected in DNS SRV records. When starting a gateway, TLS authentication will only be attempted on endpoints identified in DNS SRV records for a given domain, which occurs in the discoverEndpoints function. No authentication is performed against endpoints provided in the --endpoints flag. This has been fixed in versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23 with improved documentation and deprecation of the functionality.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-15136

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Aug 2020, 23:15 UTC

In ectd before versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23, gateway TLS authentication is only applied to endpoints detected in DNS SRV records. When starting a gateway, TLS authentication will only be attempted on endpoints identified in DNS SRV records for a given domain, which occurs in the discoverEndpoints function. No authentication is performed against endpoints provided in the --endpoints flag. This has been fixed in versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23 with improved documentation and deprecation of the functionality.

osv:CVE-2020-15136
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15136",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-15136",
    "summary": "In ectd before versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23, gateway TLS authentication is only applied to endpoints detected in DNS SRV records. When starting a gateway, TLS authentication will only be attempted on endpoints identified in DNS SRV records for a given domain, which occurs in the discoverEndpoints function. No authentication is performed against endpoints provided in the --endpoints flag. This has been fixed in versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23 with improved documentation and deprecation of the functionality.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15136",
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    "severity": "medium",
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      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383045,
  "published_at": "2020-08-06T23:15:11.577+00:00"
}