Security advisory

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  "id": "e76bc0fee51b526fecad9cb515dc707ebf5553583a5e2423f725267d7b392a8a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14423",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-14423",
    "summary": "Convos before 4.20 does not properly generate a random secret in Core/Settings.pm and Util.pm. This leads to a predictable CONVOS_LOCAL_SECRET value, affecting password resets and invitations.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14423",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-14423",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-14423"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/convos-chat/convos",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "31c4fd35e55492e8a12130f91b1a1a1c6896e4c6"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "54d1763ac65c05aad27ad454b4e5a62ba8352d39"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:convos:convos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.20"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "54d1763ac65c05aad27ad454b4e5a62ba8352d39"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v4.19",
            "v4.18",
            "v4.16",
            "v4.15",
            "v4.14",
            "v4.13",
            "v4.12",
            "v4.11",
            "v4.10",
            "v4.09",
            "v4.08",
            "v4.07",
            "v4.06",
            "v4.05",
            "v4.04",
            "v4.03",
            "v4.02",
            "v4.01",
            "v4.00",
            "v3.12",
            "v3.11",
            "v3.10",
            "v3.09",
            "v3.08",
            "v3.06",
            "v3.05",
            "v3.04",
            "v3.03",
            "v3.02",
            "v3.01",
            "v3.00",
            "v2.00",
            "v1.02",
            "v1.01",
            "v1.00",
            "v0.99_40",
            "v0.99_39",
            "v0.99_38",
            "v0.99_37",
            "v0.99_36",
            "v0.99.35",
            "v0.99_34",
            "v0.99_33",
            "v0.99_32",
            "v0.99_31",
            "v0.99_30",
            "v0.99_28",
            "v0.99_27",
            "v0.99_26",
            "v0.99_25",
            "v0.99_23",
            "v0.99_22",
            "v0.99_21"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14423.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:51.239504743Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://convos.chat/blog/2020/6/18/local-secret-got-more-secure",
        "https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/commit/54d1763ac65c05aad27ad454b4e5a62ba8352d39",
        "https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/compare/4.19...4.20"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-14423",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383025,
  "published_at": "2020-06-18T14:15:11.107+00:00"
}