CVE-2020-16120

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2021-02-10 19:45Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:49Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-29

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
• CWE-1220Insufficient Granularity of Access ControlBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e202c45b195e5cfd19a3d948393e5abdd881b8205c92029fa26c4fb5d410034c

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