VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-16259
Winston 1.5.4 devices have an SSH user account with access from bastion hosts.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.75%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Winston 1.5.4 devices have an SSH user account with access from bastion hosts. This is undocumented in device documents and is not announced to the user.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- winstonprivacy/winston firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://winstonprivacy.com/Product
- https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://winstonprivacy.com/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.