CVE-2020-27866

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

8.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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.

Published

2021-02-11 23:35Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-10-27

Assigning CNA

zdi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e40965e0d3d3c6453e66a410e541d22b35b0ec7392de873976b36ed2b6d2db9e

• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000062641/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-Vulnerabilities-on-Some-Routersx_refsource_MISC
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1451/x_refsource_MISC