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CVE-2020-1690

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1690 is an improper authorization flaw in openstack-selinux versions prior to 0.8.24, affecting Red Hat OpenStack Platform. This vulnerability allows a non-root user within a container to escalate privileges by sending messages to dbus. This could lead to a denial of service by starting or stopping services. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity. While it doesn't directly impact confidentiality or integrity, it poses a high availability risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.8.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack-selinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-selinux-0:0.8.24-1.20200914163011.26243bf.el8ost
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)Fixed in: openstack-selinux

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-1690Moderate

openstack-selinux: policy flaw allows dbus messaging

Feb 12, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory