CVE-2020-27985

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-306

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 23, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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