What is CVE-2020-12874?

CVE-2020-12874 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Aptare, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-12874?

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

Auth bypass in Veritas Aptare

CVE-2020-12874

Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.4 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were provided to the server.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-05-14 · 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: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Veritas Aptare

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-003 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12874?: CVE-2020-12874 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Aptare, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-12874?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.