CVE-2020-37020Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-428

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-01-29: 1Technical Details · 2026-01-29: 101-29
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
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Full discourse1 post
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2020-37020 SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attac… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37020

    Post summary

    CVE-2020-37020 is an unquoted service path vulnerability in SonarQube 8.3.1 that allows local attackers to elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

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