When was CVE-2020-17368 disclosed?

CVE-2020-17368 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-17368 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-17368 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 89.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-17368?

CVE-2020-17368 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-17368?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-17368, 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.

CVE-2020-17368

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—

9.8

Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may lead to command injection.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 89.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00036.html
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFXN3JJG4DIMN4TAHOTKFMS7SGM4EOTR/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W66IR5YT4KG464SKEMQN2NP2LGATGEGS/
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4742
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00036.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFXN3JJG4DIMN4TAHOTKFMS7SGM4EOTR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W66IR5YT4KG464SKEMQN2NP2LGATGEGS/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4742

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2020-17368?

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

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs

CVE-2020-17368

Published

Last Modified

References (16)

Weakness Classification(1)

Data Freshness Timeline

Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2020-17368?

Same CWE

CVE-2020-17368

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (16)

Weakness Classification(1)

Data Freshness Timeline

❓ Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2020-17368?

🔗 Related CVEs(same CWE)

Same CWE

Published

Last Modified

References (16)

Frequently asked(5)

Related CVEs(same CWE)