CVE-2020-26238

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

4.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.1% 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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2020-11-24 23:50Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 15:56Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-10-01

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

619fbd6efc3f372ae6c68b08a53cc79de0a7a52c1aebfe7e850a0ab99a4e0405

• github.comhttps://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/security/advisories/GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/issues/461x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/commit/4cf373f7352f5d95f0bf6512af8af326b31c835ex_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210316 [jira] [Assigned] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96937fc9c82f3201b59311c067e97bce71123944f93102169a95bf5c%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-dev] 20210316 [jira] [Created] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f601d15292e3302ad0ae0e89527029546945b1cd5837af7e838d354%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210316 [jira] [Work started] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra9e81244d323898dde3c979dd7df6996e4037d14a01b6629ea443548%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-gitbox] 20210316 [GitHub] [hive] achennagiri opened a new pull request #2081: HIVE-24890: Upgrade the cron-utils library from 8.1.1 to 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r855aead591697dc2e85faf66c99036e49f492431940b78d4e6d895b5%40%3Cgitbox.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210316 [jira] [Work logged] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ae9a9fb1c8e2bf95c676e7e4cd06aa04f0a3a8a9ec1a6b787afb00f%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210316 [jira] [Updated] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r71083c759dc627f198571b3d48b6745fe798b1d53c34f7ef8de9e7dd%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210317 [jira] [Commented] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50e1b5544c37e408ed7e9a958b28237b1cb9660ba2b3dba46f343e23%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210317 [jira] [Resolved] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r432a69a1a85cbcb1f1bad2aa0fbfce0367bf894bf917f6ed7118e7f0%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-issues] 20210317 [jira] [Work logged] (HIVE-24890) Upgrade to cron-utils 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r737406bc17d49ffe8fe6a8828d390ee0a02e45e5a5b4f931180b9a93%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[hive-gitbox] 20210317 [GitHub] [hive] yongzhi merged pull request #2081: HIVE-24890: Upgrade the cron-utils library from 8.1.1 to 9.1.3 due to CVE-2020-26238https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r390bb7630b7ea8f02bf7adbbe69c0ae8b562c527d663c543d965f959%40%3Cgitbox.hive.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST