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CVE-2020-5262

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5262 describes a vulnerability in EasyBuild versions prior to 4.1.2, where GitHub Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are logged in plain text within debug files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized access to GitHub resources if an attacker gains access to the log files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easybuild_project:easybuild:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: easybuild-frameworkFixed in: 4.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjmcritical

GitHub personal access token leaking into temporary EasyBuild (debug) logs

Mar 19, 2020

References

github.com / easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3248
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3249
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / easybuilders/easybuild-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjm
Third Party Advisory