CVE-2020-35193 describes a critical vulnerability in official SonarQube Docker images (specifically Alpine versions) where a root user is configured with a blank password. This allows a remote attacker to gain root access to systems deploying these affected containers. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its significant risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_docker_image:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_docker_image:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_docker_image:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_docker_image:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_docker_image:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.