CVE-2020-1709

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in redhat openshift. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/mediawiki. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2020-03-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

redhat:openshift

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1709
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1709

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