CVE-2020-12874

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.4 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were provided to the server.

Affected products

Veritas Aptare: before 10.4 — fixed in 10.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas Aptare 10.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-003
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-003

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