Vulnerability in Openwrt Lede
CVE-2020-7982
An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).
EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Openwrt Lede
- Openwrt — versions 19.07.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Press/Media Coverage)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7982?
- CVE-2020-7982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openwrt Lede, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-03-16.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7982?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7982 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.