{"id":"CVE-2020-14976","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-14976","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:17.903Z","title":"GNS3 ubridge through 0.9.18 on macOS, as used in GNS3 server before 2.1.17, allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files because it handles configuration-file errors by printing the configuration file while executing in a setuid root context.","description":"GNS3 ubridge through 0.9.18 on macOS, as used in GNS3 server before 2.1.17, allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files because it handles configuration-file errors by printing the configuration file while executing in a setuid root context.","published":"2020-06-23T20:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:55:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["gns3/ubridge"],"epss":{"score":0.00483,"percentile":0.41323,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/releases/tag/v2.1.17","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/GNS3/ubridge/commit/2eb0d1dab6a6de76cf3556130a2d52af101077db","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.gns3.com/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/releases/tag/v2.1.17","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/GNS3/ubridge/commit/2eb0d1dab6a6de76cf3556130a2d52af101077db","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.gns3.com/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14976","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}