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01 Record

CVE-2020-26238

Critical vulnerability found in cron-utils

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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02 Description

Critical vulnerability found in cron-utils

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% 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.

04 Metadata

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

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
jmrozaneccron-utils< 9.1.3—

06 References