CVE-2020-14929

alpine: Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a/tls is sent in certain circumstances invol...

CVE-2020-14929 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by alpine 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, released November 2, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0187
79th percentile

Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a/tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a lesssecure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and lettingthe user decide what they would like to do.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
alpine · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 alpine 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
alpine · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 alpine 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
alpine · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2.23+dfsg1-1 alpine 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026
alpine · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.23+dfsg1-1 alpine 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026
alpine-pico · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 alpine-pico 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
alpine-pico · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 alpine-pico 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
alpine-pico · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2.23+dfsg1-1 alpine-pico 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026
alpine-pico · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.23+dfsg1-1 alpine-pico 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026
pilot · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 pilot 2.21+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
pilot · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 pilot 2.22+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Nov 2, 2022
pilot · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2.23+dfsg1-1 pilot 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026
pilot · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.23+dfsg1-1 pilot 2.23+dfsg1-1 Jan 16, 2026

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