CVE-2020-7982
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2020 at 09:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOpenWRTLede
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitPress/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/masterx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-345CWE-754
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