CVE-2020-14976

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2020 at 07:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorUbridgeGNS3

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

GNS3 ubridge through 0.9.18 on macOS, as used in GNS3 server before 2.1.17, allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files because it handles configuration-file errors by printing the configuration file while executing in a setuid root context.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.9.18
gns3-gns3 (environment)
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/releases/tag/v2.1.17
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.gns3.com/

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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