What is CVE-2020-15391?

CVE-2020-15391 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Devspace, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-15391?

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

Auth bypass in Devspace

CVE-2020-15391

The UI in DevSpace 4.13.0 allows web sites to execute actions on pods (on behalf of a victim) because of a lack of authentication for the WebSocket protocol. This leads to remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-07-23 · 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: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Devspace — versions 4.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

github.com/devspace-cloud/devspace/tags (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/devspace-cloud/devspace/releases/tag/v4.14.0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15391?: CVE-2020-15391 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Devspace, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-15391?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.