CVE-2020-26208

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 59.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2022-02-02 11:51Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-05 17:07Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-10-01

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

82ce5683acf2438f4a04d50abd17950759e2f8aeb92c8831e13096763fbe35dc

• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/1900821x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/issues/7x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/commit/5186ddcf9e35a7aa0ff0539489a930434a1325f4x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/F-ZhaoYang/jhead/security/advisories/GHSA-7pr6-xq4f-qhgcx_refsource_CONFIRM