CVE-2020-27986 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.

Published: 2020-10-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 92.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube:8.4.2.36762:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.92573.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-i/

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sonarsource Sonarqube

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-10-28T22:57:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:43.905Z

Reserved: 2020-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27986

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:43.905Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-28T23:15:12.410

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:22:09.017

Link: CVE-2020-27986

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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