# CVE-2020-9225: Privilege escalation in FusionSphere OpenStack

> Improper privilege assignment in Huawei FusionSphere OpenStack allows users to perform unauthorized operations beyond their assigned permissions.

- **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:** 18 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vpqm-qcm6-93g3

## What is CVE-2020-9225?

CVE-2020-9225 is a high-severity vulnerability in FusionSphere OpenStack, published on 18 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FusionSphere OpenStack 6.5.1 have an improper permissions management vulnerability. The software does not correctly perform a privilege assignment when an actor attempts to perform an action. Successful exploit could allow certain user to do certain operations beyond its privilege.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Fusionsphere Openstack.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-9225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FusionSphere OpenStack

- [CVE-2020-9079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9079/): Security feature bypass in FusionSphere OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-2718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2718/): Command injection in FusionSphere OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-2719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2719/): Command injection in FusionSphere OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-8131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8131/): Command injection in FusionSphere OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-8132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8132/): Command injection in FusionSphere OpenStack (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9225 is a high-severity vulnerability in FusionSphere OpenStack, published on 18 Jun 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-2020-9225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FusionSphere OpenStack. 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-2020-9225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9225

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