CVE-2020-2551

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-11-16. Federal remediation due 2023-12-07.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

92.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% 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

Analyzed. 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

2020-01-15 16:34Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-01-12 21:12Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-12-10

Assigning CNA

oracle

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d5239e779167fa6392b43c2b68b0f5af22e63c0cc586d6dd24c787fdc3f5b8c8

• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-2551government-resource