01 Record
CVE-2020-27730
In versions 3.0.0-3.9.0, 2.0.0-2.9.0, and 1.0.1, the NGINX Controller Agent does not use absolute paths when calling system utilities.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: f5
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In versions 3.0.0-3.9.0, 2.0.0-2.9.0, and 1.0.1, the NGINX Controller Agent does not use absolute paths when calling system utilities.
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
- 1.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.0% 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
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-11 19:03Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-26
- Assigning CNA
- f5
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9a2ad9962e2b3a905f1749d45cfdd9ad7a14bc516a8df7e6f29ede295c7c7dbe
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43530108
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0004/