CVE-2020-37020

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.

CVSS v4.0

8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 2th percentile

Published

2026-01-29

Updated

2026-03-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48677

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-37019
• CVE-2020-37021
• CVE-2020-37018
• CVE-2020-37022
• CVE-2020-37017
• CVE-2020-37023