# CVE-2020-11487: Hardcoded credentials in NVIDIA DGX Servers

> Hard-coded RSA keys in NVIDIA DGX BMC firmware allow attackers to disclose sensitive information.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Oct 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-26jp-whc3-83f8

## What is CVE-2020-11487?

CVE-2020-11487 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX Servers, published on 29 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NVIDIA DGX servers, DGX-1 with BMC firmware versions prior to 3.38.30. DGX-2 with BMC firmware versions prior to 1.06.06 and all DGX A100 Servers with all BMC firmware versions, contains a vulnerability in the AMI BMC firmware in which the use of a hard-coded RSA 1024 key with weak ciphers may lead to information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11487?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Bmc Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11487?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11487 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA DGX Servers

- [CVE-2020-11483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11483/): Hardcoded credentials in NVIDIA DGX Servers (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11486/): File upload in NVIDIA DGX Servers (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-12171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12171/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11485/): Cross-site request forgery in NVIDIA DGX Servers (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-3682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3682/): Privilege escalation in Intel Server Boards, Compute Modules and Systems (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11487 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11487 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX Servers, published on 29 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA DGX Servers. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11487/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11487/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11487
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11487
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11487

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