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CVE-2020-15862 Net-SNMP

Affected softwareNet-SNMP
Severity7.8 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessImproper privilege management (CWE-269)
Published20 Aug 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Net-SNMP through 5.8 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB provides the ability to run arbitrary commands as root.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.38% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 7.2 none AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

6 products, 10 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 12.04 · 14.04 · 16.04 · 18.04 · 20.04
nvd net-snmp net-snmp generic < 5.8.1
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp smi-s provider generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire generic any version

References

URLTags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-08-20By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.