What is CVE-2020-10589?

CVE-2020-10589 is a high-severity vulnerability in V2rayl Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-10589?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in V2rayl Project

CVE-2020-10589

v2rayL 2.1.3 allows local users to achieve root access because /etc/v2rayL/config.json is owned by a low-privileged user but contains commands that are executed as root, after v2rayL.service is restarted via Sudo.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

V2rayl Project — versions 2.1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

gist.github.com/bash-c/6ac238e8b15e60c9105e8cb6b42ec43c (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10589?: CVE-2020-10589 is a high-severity vulnerability in V2rayl Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-10589?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.