IPSec UDP key material can be retrieved from EdgeConnect by a user with admin credentials

published 2020-05-05 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4457

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

silver-peak unity_orchestrator 8.9.2

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Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 1. Unity EdgeConnect, NX, VX 2. Unity Orchestrator,   3. EdgeConnect in AWS, Azure, GCP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

silver-peak.com /sites/default/files/advisory/security_advisory_notice_ipsec_udp_key_material-cve_2020_12142.pdf
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12142
NVD CVE-2020-12142

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