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CVE-2020-13872

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13872 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Royal TS before version 5, affecting both Windows and macOS platforms. The flaw stems from a 0.0.0.0 listener, which allows attackers on the same network to bypass tunnel authentication through brute-force attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:royalapps:royal_ts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158000/RoyalTS-SSH-Tunnel-Authentication-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/14
Third Party Advisory
hacktips.it / royalts-ssh-tunnel-authentication-bypass
Exploit