CVE-2020-27986

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Published Oct 28, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 16.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube:8.4.2.36762:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 16.0% (15.966% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-i/

History

Feb 23, 2026 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sonarsource Sonarqube

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 28, 2020, 10:57 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM
Reserved: Oct 28, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 28, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM

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