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HIGH

CVE-2020-8945

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

5.1 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • github.com/proglottis/gpgmeGoall versions · fixed in 0.1.1

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-8945 Red Hat Product Security143 products fixed · 62 known affected

    proglottis/gpgme: Use-after-free in GPGME bindings during container image pull

    buildah-tests (container-tools:1.0) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · buildah-tests (container-tools:2.0) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · buildah-tests (container-tools:rhel8) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • RHSA-2020:3167 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.z ose-openshift-controller-manager-container security update

  • RHSA-2020:2992 Red Hat Product Security24 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update

  • RHSA-2020:2927 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.13 machine-config-daemon and openshift security update

  • RHSA-2020:2413 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 package security update

  • RHSA-2020:2027 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.33 openshift-clients security update

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Full record on NVD

Description

The proglottis Go wrapper before 0.1.1 for the GPGME library has a use-after-free, as demonstrated by use for container image pulls by Docker or CRI-O. This leads to a crash or potential code execution during GPG signature verification.

Technical details

Published
2020-02-12

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8945?

The proglottis Go wrapper before 0.1.1 for the GPGME library has a use-after-free, as demonstrated by use for container image pulls by Docker or CRI-O. This leads to a crash or potential code execution during GPG signature verification.

Is CVE-2020-8945 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-8945 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 5.1% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-8945?

CVE-2020-8945 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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