CVE-2020-27157

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-294

Description

Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.5 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were provided to the server. An unauthenticated user could login to the application and gain access to the data and functionality accessible to the targeted user account.

Affected products

Veritas Aptare: before 10.5 — fixed in 10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas Aptare 10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-006#issue2
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-006#issue2

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