CVE-2020-16996 (GCVE-0-2020-16996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-09 23:36
Modified
2025-08-28 22:23
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Security Feature Bypass
Summary
Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
References
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Impacted products
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