CVE-2020-12079

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-12079?

Upgrade beaker to 0.8.9 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-12079 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-12079 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-12079?

CVE-2020-12079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-12079 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for beaker (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 81th pctl

10.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Beaker before 0.8.9 allows a sandbox escape, enabling system access and code execution. This occurs because Electron context isolation is not used, and therefore an attacker can conduct a prototype-pollution attack against the Electron internal messaging API.

CWE-1321

How to fix

Remediation Available

beakerNVD

Affected:< 0.8.9Fixed in:0.8.9CVE-2020-12079derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-1321 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0230	Critical	9.8	97%	-	-
CVE-2019-11358	Medium	6.1	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-7774	High	7.3	69%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24760	Critical	10.0	49%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-39396	Critical	9.8	39%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2564	Critical	9.8	33%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-12079?

Upgrade beaker to 0.8.9 or later.

Is CVE-2020-12079 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-12079 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-12079?

CVE-2020-12079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-12079 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for beaker (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.