CVE-2020-24719
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.233 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exposed Erlang Cookie could lead to Remote Command Execution (RCE) attack. Communication between Erlang nodes is done by exchanging a shared secret (aka "magic cookie"). There are cases where the magic cookie is included in the content of the logs. An attacker can use the cookie to attach to an Erlang node and run OS level commands on the system running the Erlang node. Affects version: 6.5.1. Fix version: 6.6.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.6–10
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exploits (1)
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- exploit/multi/misc/erlang_cookie_rceErlang Port Mapper Daemon Cookie RCEweaponized · metasploit
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