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CVE-2020-1707

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1707 is an insecure modification vulnerability affecting Red Hat OpenShift's openshift/postgresql-apb versions prior to 4.3.0. An attacker with container access could exploit this flaw by modifying the /etc/passwd file to escalate privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, < 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 1,525 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (20)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: openshift4/postgresql-apb:v4.3.5-202003020549
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/postgresql-apb:v3.11.188-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/apb-base:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/mariadb-apb:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/mediawiki:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/mediawiki-apb:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/mysql-apb:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/postgres-apb:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/postgresql-apb:v4.1.37-202003021622
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/apb-base:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/mariadb-apb:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/mediawiki-apb:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/mysql-apb:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/postgres-apb:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/postgresql-apb:v4.2.21-202002240343
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: openshift4/apb-base:v4.3.5-202003020549
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: openshift4/mariadb-apb:v4.3.5-202003020549
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: openshift4/mysql-apb:v4.3.5-202003020549
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: openshift4/postgres-apb:v4.3.5-202003020549
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-1707Moderate

openshift/postgresql-apb: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges

Jan 21, 2020

References

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