CVE-2020-11847 Vulnerability in sshrelay in privileged access manager provides full system access.
Authenticated SSH users can execute OS commands to gain full system access in OpenText Privileged Access Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11847?
CVE-2020-11847 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in OpenText Privileged Access Manager, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SSH authenticated user when access the PAM server can execute an OS command to gain the full system access using bash. This issue affects Privileged Access Manager before 3.7.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11847?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microfocus Netiq Privileged Access Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11847?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11847 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-11847 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11847 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenText Privileged Access Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhg2-pww3-h2p9.