CVE-2024-20920 Information disclosure in Solaris Operating System

Low 3.8 Published 16 Jan 2024 Updated 20 Jun 2025

A low-privileged attacker with local access can read unauthorized data in Oracle Solaris, potentially impacting other products.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-20920?

CVE-2024-20920 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 16 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystem). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20920?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20920?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20920 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-20920 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20920 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x8w9-w6qj-qg4c.