What is CVE-2020-24263?

CVE-2020-24263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-24263?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Portainer

CVE-2020-24263

Portainer 1.24.1 and earlier is affected by an insecure permissions vulnerability that may lead to remote arbitrary code execution. A non-admin user is allowed to spawn new containers with critical capabilities such as SYS_MODULE, which can be used to take over the Docker host.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Portainer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24263?: CVE-2020-24263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-24263?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.