# CVE-2020-7135: Code injection in HPE Business Critical Hard Drives

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary code via vulnerable HPE server disk drive firmware installers, requiring an upgrade to fixed SPP versions.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3mc-836c-4x5x

## What is CVE-2020-7135?

CVE-2020-7135 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in HPE Business Critical Hard Drives, published on 27 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the disk drive firmware installers named Supplemental Update / Online ROM Flash Component on HPE servers running Linux. The vulnerable software is included in the HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) releases 2018.06.0, 2018.09.0, and 2018.11.0. The vulnerable software is the Supplemental Update / Online ROM Flash Component for Linux (x64) software. The installer in this software component could be locally exploited to execute arbitrary code. Drive Models can be found in the Vulnerability Resolution field of the security bulletin. The 2019_03 SPP and Supplemental update / Online ROM Flash Component for Linux (x64) after 2019.03.0 has fixed this issue.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7135?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Service Pack for Proliant.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HPE Business Critical Hard Drives

- [CVE-2018-7118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7118/): A local access restriction bypass vulnerability was identified in HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Bundled Software earlier than version 2018.09.0. (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7135 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7135 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in HPE Business Critical Hard Drives, published on 27 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HPE Business Critical Hard Drives. 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-2020-7135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7135/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7135
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7135
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7135

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7135/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.