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CVE-2020-36911 Detail

Description

Covenant 0.1.3 - 0.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious JWT tokens with administrative privileges. Attackers can generate forged tokens with admin roles and upload custom DLL payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 9.3 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html VulnCheck
https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb CISA-ADP, VulnCheck
https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant VulnCheck
https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https://twitter.com/cobbr_io/status/1316058367161401344 VulnCheck
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters CISA-ADP, VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141 VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-remote-code-execution-rce VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials VulnCheck  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-36911
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/14/2026
Source:
VulnCheck