What is CVE-2020-11878?

CVE-2020-11878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jitsi Meet, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-11878?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jitsi Meet

CVE-2020-11878

The Jitsi Meet (aka docker-jitsi-meet) stack on Docker before stable-4384-1 uses default passwords (such as passw0rd) for system accounts.

Published 2020-04-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jitsi Meet

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/compare/stable-4384...stable-4384-1 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11878?: CVE-2020-11878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jitsi Meet, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-11878?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.