CVE-2020-16098

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 63.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-09-15 13:22Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-28

Assigning CNA

Gallagher

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

773a157735692883bbfaf2475f0c63bb13799fc0a0471080c38cd9d4aeb1172b

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