What is CVE-2020-36762?

CVE-2020-36762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ons Ras Collection Instrument, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-36762?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-36762 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Ons Ras Collection Instrument

CVE-2020-36762

A vulnerability was found in ONS Digital RAS Collection Instrument up to 2.0.27 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function jobs of the file .github/workflows/comment.yml. The manipulation of the argument $COMMENT_BODY leads to os command injection. Upgrading to version 2.0.28 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dcaad2540f7d50c512ff2e031d3778dd9337db2b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234248.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% 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

Ons Ras Collection Instrument
Ons Digital Ras Collection Instrument — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

pvharmo2/gha-lab-e4a85583c3

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/pull/199 (issue-tracking, Patch)
github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/commit/dcaad2540f7d50c512ff2e03… (Patch, patch)
github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/releases/tag/2.0.28 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36762?: CVE-2020-36762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ons Ras Collection Instrument, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-36762?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36762 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.