CVE-2020-35846

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 93%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 93%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

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

Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php check function.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
86(Track*)
EG Risk 86/100SSVC: Track*

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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation93% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
93%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 30, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 15, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
github_commit

commit 79fc9631ffa2 (agentejo/cockpit)

Fix landed in agentejo/cockpit commit 79fc9631ffa2 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/79fc9631ffa29146e3124ceaf99879b92e1ef24b
github_commit

commit 33e719957563 (agentejo/cockpit)

Fix landed in agentejo/cockpit commit 33e719957563 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/33e7199575631ba1f74cba6b16b10c820bec59af
github_commit

commit 2a385af8d80e (agentejo/cockpit)

Fix landed in agentejo/cockpit commit 2a385af8d80e — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/2a385af8d80ed60d40d386ed813c1039db00c466
generic

Cockpit

https://getcockpit.com/
generic

Banned | Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162282/Cockpit-CMS-0.11.1-NoSQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 11× 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.

  1. 2026-08-20 11:01 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-08-18 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-08-08 16:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-05 06:40 UTCOSV refresh
  7. 2026-07-30 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-26 14:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-23 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 22:39 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-19 04:52 UTCOSV refresh
  13. 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-07-01 11:18 UTCOSV refresh
  16. 2026-06-29 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-13 22:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-13 18:13 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-02 20:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-05-31 00:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-05-26 22:51 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-05-26 22:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoC0z09e/CVE-2020-35846
    First seen Aug 5, 2021

    Cockpit CMS 0.11.1 NoSQL Injection to Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCJohnHammond/CVE-2020-35846
    First seen Jul 25, 2021

    Python PoC for CVE-2020-35846 targeting Cockpit 0.11.1

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/http/cockpit_cms_rce✓ verified
    First seen Apr 13, 2021

    Cockpit CMS NoSQLi to RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2020/CVE-2020-35846.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2020

    Agentejo Cockpit < 0.11.2 - NoSQL Injection

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-35846?
CVE-2020-35846 is a critical vulnerability published on December 30, 2020. Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php check function.
When was CVE-2020-35846 disclosed?
CVE-2020-35846 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 30, 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-2020-35846 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-35846 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 0.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-35846?
CVE-2020-35846 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-35846?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-35846, 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.

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