CVE-2020-24356

Local Privilege Escalation in cloudflared

Published Oct 2, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1103 `cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hgwp-4vp4-qmm2 Local Privilege Escalation in cloudflared
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cloudflare
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:46 AM
Reserved
Aug 14, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 2, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:05 AM