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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-12142 · published 5 May 2020

CVE-2020-12142: Silver-peak unity edgeconnect for amazon web services exposure of resource to wrong sphere vulnerability

Silver Peak · Unity Edgeconnect For Amazon Web Services

1. IPSec UDP key material can be retrieved from machine-to-machine interfaces and human-accessible interfaces by a user with admin credentials. Such a user, with the required system knowledge, could use this material to decrypt in-flight communication. 2. The vulnerability requires administrative access and shell access to the EdgeConnect appliance. An admin user can access IPSec seed and nonce parameters using the CLI, REST APIs, and the Linux shell.

4.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.72% · top 47.9% CWE-668 · Exposure of resource to wrong sphere
4.9CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.0
0.72%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
24Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

1. IPSec UDP key material can be retrieved from machine-to-machine interfaces and human-accessible interfaces by a user with admin credentials. Such a user, with the required system knowledge, could use this material to decrypt in-flight communication. 2. The vulnerability requires administrative access and shell access to the EdgeConnect appliance. An admin user can access IPSec seed and nonce parameters using the CLI, REST APIs, and the Linux shell.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

24 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.silver-peak.com/sites/default/files/advisory/security_advisory_notice_ipsec_udp_key_material-cve_2020_12142. Vendor Advisory
https://www.silver-peak.com/sites/default/files/advisory/security_advisory_notice_ipsec_udp_key_material-cve_2020_12142. Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-12142), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.