# CVE-2020-12004: Missing authorization in Ignition 8 Gateway

> Attackers can access sensitive information from the Ignition Gateway without authentication due to missing authorization checks.

- **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:** 9 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h653-mvj7-48w8

## What is CVE-2020-12004?

CVE-2020-12004 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ignition 8 Gateway, published on 9 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The affected product lacks proper authentication required to query the server on the Ignition 8 Gateway (versions prior to 8.0.10) and Ignition 7 Gateway (versions prior to 7.9.14), allowing an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12004?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Inductiveautomation Ignition Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-12004?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-12004 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-12004 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Inductive Automation Ignition Remote Code Execution (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Ignition 8 Gateway

- [CVE-2020-14520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14520/): The affected product is vulnerable to an information leak, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information on the Ignition 8 (al (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-10644](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10644/): Deserialization in Ignition 8 Gateway (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-12000](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12000/): Deserialization in Ignition 8 Gateway (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-10641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10641/): Missing authorization in Ignition 8 Gateway (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12004 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-12004 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ignition 8 Gateway, published on 9 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-12004 exists.

Affected product: Ignition 8 Gateway. 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-2020-12004/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12004/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12004
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12004
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12004

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12004/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.