CVE-2020-8621

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

2.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2020-08-21 20:50Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 16:18Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-05

Assigning CNA

isc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5b3e5acacf086925cb51d30fc935ddf9b351886c71a7b25673e9895346e9013f

• kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8621x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4468-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1699http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1701http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE