Improper Authentication vulnerability in Gallagher Command Centre Server allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create items with inv…

published 2020-12-14 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8068

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Gallagher Command Centre Server allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create items with invalid configuration, potentially causing the server to crash and fail to restart. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre 8.30 versions prior to 8.30.1299(MR2); 8.20 versions prior to 8.20.1218(MR4); 8.10 versions prior to 8.10.1253(MR6); 8.00 versions prior to 8.00.1252(MR7); version 7.90 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Gallagher Command Centre 8.00.1252(MR7), 8.10.1253(MR6), 8.20.1218(MR4), 8.30.1299(MR2)

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Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Gallagher Command Centre

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

security.gallagher.com /Security-Advisories/CVE-2020-16102
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-16102
NVD CVE-2020-16102

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