CVE-2020-8177

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 69.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2020-12-14 19:42Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 08:18Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2020-01-28

Assigning CNA

hackerone

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-99Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')Class
• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class

Data version

5.2

Document digest

026db56f6af0265a339e6cb5e3b6b3f0b9f597b2588c3a795e800da7e76b03e3

• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/887462x_refsource_MISC
• curl.sehttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4881https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html