CVE-2020-10728 Privilege escalation in automationbroker/apb

High 7.8 Published Updated

An attacker with container access can escalate privileges to root due to excessive sudo permissions, compromising data and system availability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-10728?

CVE-2020-10728 is a high-severity vulnerability in automationbroker/apb, published on 16 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in automationbroker/apb container in versions up to and including 2.0.4-1. This container grants all users sudoer permissions allowing an unauthorized user with access to the running container the ability to escalate their own privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-266

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10728?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Automationbroker Apb.

How do I fix CVE-2020-10728?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-10728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rw5w-rwv8-v6hf.

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