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CVE-2020-8781

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Lack of input sanitization in UpdateRebootMgr service of ALEOS 4.11 and later allow an escalation to root from a low-privilege process.

Affected products

• SierraWireless ALEOS: from 4.11.0 before 4.14.0 — fixed in 4.14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SierraWireless ALEOS 4.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-005/
• https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-005/

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