CVE-2020-37185 Backup Key Recovery 2.2.5 - 'Name' Denial of Service
Attackers can crash the Backup Key Recovery application by submitting an overly long string in the registration name field.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-37185?
CVE-2020-37185 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor Backup Key Recovery, published on 11 Feb 2026. 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
Backup Key Recovery 2.2.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the 'Name' input field. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into the registration name field to trigger an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37185?
How do I fix CVE-2020-37185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-37185 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37185 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r7qg-5929-634m.