CVE-2020-16251

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

2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.2 (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:L/I:H/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

2020-08-26 14:19Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

efc339cf52096ef1a13089a76b9fdfe08afb4207f799578e1381514e46fe4d1e

• www.hashicorp.comhttps://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159479/Hashicorp-Vault-GCP-IAM-Integration-Authentication-Bypass.htmlx_refsource_MISC