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CVE-2020-7138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7138 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in HPE Nimble Storage systems, affecting various AF and CS series arrays. An attacker could exploit this with low complexity over the network, requiring only low privileges, to gain elevated privileges and achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While the CVSS score is high (8.8), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat landscape. HPE has released patches in NimbleOS versions 3.9.3.0, 4.5.6.0, 5.0.9.0, and 5.1.4.100 and subsequent releases.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.1.0.0, <= 3.9.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hpe:nimbleos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.0.0, <= 4.5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hpe:nimbleos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0.1.0, <= 5.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hpe:nimbleos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.0.0, <= 5.1.4.100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hpe:nimbleos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
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
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory