01 Record

CVE-2020-7982

An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded

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: 1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% 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: 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

2020-03-16 21:05Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 09:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityClass
CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7288cffe02e6a0a400c0dea837cca59bc3bc7bd69010fc39b04ab8fd214dacab

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

openwrtledeNot specified—

openwrtopenwrtNot specified—

06 References

github.comhttps://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/masterx_refsource_MISC
openwrt.orghttps://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
blog.forallsecure.comhttps://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982x_refsource_MISC
arstechnica.comhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/x_refsource_MISC