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CVE-2020-28002

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

In SonarQube 8.4.2.36762, an external attacker can achieve authentication bypass through SonarScanner. With an empty value for the -D sonar.login option, anonymous authentication is forced. This allows creating and overwriting public and private projects via the /api/ce/submit endpoint.

Affected products

• SonarSource SonarQube: 8.4.2.36762

References

• https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-ii/
• https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-ii/

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