What is CVE-2020-8655?

CVE-2020-8655 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eyesofnetwork, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-8655?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-8655 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-8655 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Privilege escalation in Eyesofnetwork

CVE-2020-8655

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as root via a crafted NSE script for nmap 7.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-02-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.601 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.601 · newest: 0.601 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eyesofnetwork — versions 5.3-0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2021-11-03. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-05-03.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.ht… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8655?: CVE-2020-8655 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eyesofnetwork, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-8655?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8655 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2020-8655 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.