Is CVE-2020-28053 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-28053 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-28053?

CVE-2020-28053 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-28053?

CVE-2020-28053 has an EPSS score of 1.38% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28053?

Upgrade consul on debian 11 to 1.8.6+dfsg1-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-28053

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

consulDebian

Fixed in:1.8.6+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-28053

HashiCorp ConsulWindows application

Affected:1.2.0 1.6.10Fixed in:1.6.10HashiCorp

Affected:1.7.0 1.7.10Fixed in:1.7.10HashiCorp

Affected:1.8.0 1.8.6Fixed in:1.8.6HashiCorp

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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

hashicorp.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-22518	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-38035	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38856	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36289	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix

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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.