Is CVE-2020-1742 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-1742 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-1742?

CVE-2020-1742 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-1742?

CVE-2020-1742 has an EPSS score of 0.26% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1742?

Upgrade kubernetes-nmstate to 2.3.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-1742

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability flaw was found in containers using nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. Versions before kubernetes-nmstate-handler-container-v2.3.0-30 are affected.

CWE-266 CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

kubernetes-nmstateNVD

Affected:< 2.3.0Fixed in:2.3.0CVE-2020-1742derived 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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugzilla.redhat.com

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CVE-2024-28000	Critical	9.8	68%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-27007	Critical	9.8	51%	-	-
CVE-2025-47539	Critical	9.8	31%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-20759	High	8.8	28%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-13106	Medium	5.3	27%	-	-
CVE-2024-3013	Medium	6.3	23%	-	-

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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.