CVE-2020-5849: Unraid Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Unraid contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to gain access to the administrative interface. This CVE is chainable with CVE-2020-5847 for remote code execution.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An authentication bypass vulnerability allows attackers to access the administrative interface.
- Who is affected
- Users of Unraid.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest updates for Unraid.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5849
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2020-5849Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-5849 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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