Is CVE-2020-27986 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-27986 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-27986?

CVE-2020-27986 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-27986?

CVE-2020-27986 has an EPSS score of 16.18% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-27986?

No published fix for CVE-2020-27986 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27986

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.

CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-312

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

16.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

csl.com.co

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-10271	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-42793	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-1388	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-37415	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-21839	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-

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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.