CVE-2020-17144

HIGHNVD 8.49.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.4 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
8.4
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 37%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Microsoft Exchange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
96(Act)
EG Risk 96/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS
98.3%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

December 10, 2020

Last Modified

October 29, 2025

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17144
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17144
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17144

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 86× in last 7d / 383× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 678 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 01:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-22 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  6. 2026-07-22 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-22 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-22 13:26 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-22 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-22 09:21 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-22 09:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-22 05:16 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-22 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 01:11 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-21 21:06 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-21 16:59 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-21 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-07-21 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
Show 75 more
  1. 2026-07-21 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-21 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-21 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-21 04:40 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-21 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-21 00:33 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-21 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-20 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-20 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-20 08:09 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-20 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-20 04:02 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-20 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-19 23:57 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-19 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-19 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-19 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-19 15:47 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-19 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-19 11:40 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-19 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-19 07:34 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-07-19 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-19 03:28 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-07-19 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-19 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-07-18 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-18 19:15 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-18 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-18 15:09 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-18 15:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-18 11:03 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-07-18 11:03 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-07-18 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-18 06:57 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-18 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-18 02:52 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-07-18 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-17 22:47 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-17 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-17 18:41 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-17 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-17 14:35 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-17 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-17 10:30 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-07-17 10:30 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-17 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-17 06:24 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-17 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-17 02:19 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-17 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-16 22:13 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-16 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-16 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  64. 2026-07-16 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-07-16 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-07-16 09:54 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-07-16 09:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-16 05:49 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-07-16 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-16 01:44 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-07-16 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-07-15 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-07-15 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-15 17:34 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-15 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCAirboi/CVE-2020-17144-EXP
    First seen Dec 9, 2020

    Exchange2010 authorized RCE

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCzcgonvh/CVE-2020-17144
    First seen Dec 9, 2020

    weaponized tool for CVE-2020-17144

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2020-17144?
CVE-2020-17144 is a high vulnerability published on December 10, 2020. Microsoft Exchange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
When was CVE-2020-17144 disclosed?
CVE-2020-17144 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 10, 2020, with the most recent update on October 29, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-17144 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-17144 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Microsoft Exchange Server. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-17144?
CVE-2020-17144 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2020-17144?
CVE-2020-17144 affects Microsoft Exchange Server. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2020-17144?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-17144, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2020-17144

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2020-17144?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs