CVE-2020-35850

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An SSRF issue was discovered in cockpit-project.org Cockpit 234. NOTE: this is unrelated to the Agentejo Cockpit product. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't think [it] is a big real-life issue.

Published: 2020-12-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-35850 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-35850

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-35850

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 0.33% 0.45% +0.12%
2 2026-03-01 0.45% 0.33% -0.12%
3 2026-02-04 0.45%

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-35850

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-35850

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-35850

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2020-35850 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cockpit), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, not-affected 4, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35850

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-35850

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cockpit-project cockpit 234 cpe:2.3:a:cockpit-project:cockpit:234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-35850

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