CVE-2020-17533

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

3.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2020-12-29 11:30Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 14:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-12

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e8af22938e108625a8e91b956772fc08cd3aab73be64572105e10edceeeee869

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8c1a787b6951d3dacb9ec58f0bf1633790c91f54ff10c6f8ff9d8ed%40%3Cuser.accumulo.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20201228 [SECURITY] CVE-2020-17533: Apache Accumulo Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissionshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8c1a787b6951d3dacb9ec58f0bf1633790c91f54ff10c6f8ff9d8ed%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20201228 CVE-2020-17533: Apache Accumulo Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/29/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST