CVE-2020-24719
high-risk
Published 2020-11-12
Exposed Erlang Cookie could lead to Remote Command Execution (RCE) attack. Communication between Erlang nodes is done by exchanging a shared secret (aka "magic cookie"). There are cases where the magic cookie is included in the content of the logs. An attacker can use the cookie to attach to an Erlang node and run OS level commands on the system running the Erlang node. Affects version: 6.5.1. Fix version: 6.6.0.
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62.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 37% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
19/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal