CVE-2020-37020
SonarQube 8.3.1 - Unquoted Service Path
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Jan 29, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 28, 2026
Description
SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SonarQubeSonarqube |
|
References
- ExploitDB-48677exploit
- SonarQube Official Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: SonarQube 8.3.1 - Unquoted Service Paththird-party-advisory
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