CVE-2020-8196

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

26.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2020-07-10 15:39Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-01-28

Assigning CNA

hackerone

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

29ac12aa4559fdd3a6265ab1880ac0dd025f7b206d2cdea0003226639f4effe9

• support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX276688x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160047/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Local-File-Inclusion.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8196government-resource