What is CVE-2020-16279?

CVE-2020-16279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rangee Rangeeos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-16279?

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

RCE in Rangee Rangeeos

CVE-2020-16279

The Kommbox component in Rangee GmbH RangeeOS 8.0.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to untrusted user supplied input being passed to the command line without sanitization.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-08-20 · 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: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rangee Rangeeos — versions 8.0.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.contextis.com/en/resources/advisories/cve-2020-16279 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16279?: CVE-2020-16279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rangee Rangeeos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-16279?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.