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high 8.2

CVE-2020-5148 json

SonicWall SSO-agent default configuration uses NetAPI to probe the associated IP's in the network, this client probing method allows a pote…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26395

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SonicWall SSO-agent default configuration uses NetAPI to probe the associated IP's in the network, this client probing method allows a potential attacker to capture the password hash of the privileged user and potentially forces the SSO Agent to authenticate allowing an attacker to bypass firewall access controls.

Patch / fix

  • sonicwall directory_services_connector 4.1.19

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Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

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

Affected products

  • SonicWall Directory Services Connector

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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