CVE-2020-28002

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.1%

Medium (5.3) in sonarsource sonarqube. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In SonarQube 8.4.2.36762, an external attacker can achieve authentication bypass through SonarScanner. With an empty value for the -D sonar.login option, anonymous authentication is forced. This allows creating and overwriting public and private projects via the /api/ce/submit endpoint.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2020-11-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sonarsource:sonarqube

References

https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-ii/
https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-ii/

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