CVE-2020-7982
mediumpriority · track · 33OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1
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affected products (4)
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references (14)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/46243cnnvd
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/cnnvd
- https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982cnnvd
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/mastercnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7982cnnvd
- https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1cnnvd
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/enisa_euvd
- https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982enisa_euvd
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