{"id":"CVE-2020-7982","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-7982","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:26:17.662Z","title":"A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without…","description":"An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).","published":"2020-03-16T22:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:25:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-345","CWE-754"],"affected":["openwrt/lede","openwrt/openwrt"],"epss":{"score":0.01596,"percentile":0.756,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (1.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/master","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/master","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7982","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."}