CVE-2020-5242

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

openHAB before 2.5.2 allow a remote attacker to use REST calls to install the EXEC binding or EXEC transformation service and execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running openHAB. Starting with version 2.5.2 all commands need to be whitelisted in a local file which cannot be changed via REST calls.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284 CWE-863

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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