CVE-2020-1704

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.27% (20th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Is it mine?
3 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in all versions of OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) before 1.0.8 in the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedopenshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator@sha256:c750ac6820d15c5b7ac5114d8c6c67ca6d5b274ada8e1f43d42ef4ad21be828d_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2369
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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-266USCWE-732US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2020:2369Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh openshift-istio-kiali-rhel7-operator-container security update2020-06-02csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for openshift-istio-kiali-rhel7-operator-container is now available for Openshift Service Mesh 1.0 and 1.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-02-17modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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