Is CVE-2020-12079 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-12079 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-12079?

CVE-2020-12079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-12079?

CVE-2020-12079 has an EPSS score of 2.23% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12079?

Upgrade beaker to 0.8.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-12079

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

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

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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.