{"id":"CVE-2020-25618","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-25618","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:42:38.055Z","title":"The sudo configuration has incorrect access control because the nable web user account is effectively able to run arbitrary OS commands as root (i.e., the use of root privileges is not limited to specific programs listed in the sudoers file).","description":"An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The sudo configuration has incorrect access control because the nable web user account is effectively able to run arbitrary OS commands as root (i.e., the use of root privileges is not limited to specific programs listed in the sudoers file).","published":"2020-12-16T14:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:06:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["solarwinds/n-central"],"epss":{"score":0.0268,"percentile":0.8571,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ernw.de/en/publications.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://insinuator.net/2020/12/security-advisories-for-solarwinds-n-central/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://ernw.de/en/publications.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://insinuator.net/2020/12/security-advisories-for-solarwinds-n-central/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25618","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."}