Zoho ManageEngine Application Control Plus before 100523 has an insecure SSL configuration setting for Nginx, leading to Privilege Escalati…

published 2021-03-05 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-22016

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.1%; EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 0; none known

Zoho ManageEngine Application Control Plus before 100523 has an insecure SSL configuration setting for Nginx, leading to Privilege Escalation.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

zohocorp manageengine_applications_control_plus 100523

manageengine.com/application-control/knowledge-base/privilege-escalation-vu… advisory

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Exploit prediction

4.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

manageengine.com /application-control/knowledge-base/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-open-SSL.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29658
NVD CVE-2020-29658

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