TI-2020-05599 Aliases CVE-2020-6939 GHSA-5996-m95h-vq3m

Tableau Server installations configured with Site-Specific SAML that allows the APIs to…

MEDIUM 46Published 2020-11-23 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Tableau Server installations configured with Site-Specific SAML that allows the APIs to be used by unauthenticated users. If exploited, this could allow a malicious user to configure Site-Specific SAML settings and could lead to account takeover for users of that site. Tableau Server versions affected on both Windows and Linux are: 2018.2 through 2018.2.27, 2018.3 through 2018.3.24, 2019.1 through 2019.1.22, 2019.2 through 2019.2.18, 2019.3 through 2019.3.14, 2019.4 through 2019.4.13, 2020.1 through 2020.1.10, 2020.2 through 2020.2.7, and 2020.3 through 2020.3.2.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01841 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Tableau Server	versions affected on both Windows and Linux are: 2018.2 through 2018.2.27; 2018.3 through 2018.3.24; 2019.1 through 2019.1.22; 2019.2 through 2019.2.18; 2019.3 through 2019.3.14; 2019.4 through 2019.4.13; 2020.1 through 2020.1.10; 2020.2 through 2020.2.7; 2020.3 through 2020.3.2	—	No fix listed	CNA

Tableau Server Vendor— Affected versions affected on both Windows and Linux are: 2018.2 through 2018.2.27; 2018.3 through 2018.3.24; 2019.1 through 2019.1.22; 2019.2 through 2019.2.18; 2019.3 through 2019.3.14; 2019.4 through 2019.4.13; 2020.1 through 2020.1.10; 2020.2 through 2020.2.7; 2020.3 through 2020.3.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server::::::::	2018.2 – 2018.2.27; 2018.3 – 2018.3.24; 2019.1 – 2019.1.22; 2019.2 – 2019.2.18; 2019.3 – 2019.3.14; 2019.4 – 2019.4.13; 2020.1 – 2020.1.10; 2020.2 – 2020.2.7; 2020.3 – 2020.3.2	Vulnerable	Tableau

cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2018.2 – 2018.2.27; 2018.3 – 2018.3.24; 2019.1 – 2019.1.22; 2019.2 – 2019.2.18; 2019.3 – 2019.3.14; 2019.4 – 2019.4.13; 2020.1 – 2020.1.10; 2020.2 – 2020.2.7; 2020.3 – 2020.3.2 Vulnerable ·Tableau

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6939
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5996-m95h-vq3m

References

Advisory 1

https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000355686&type=1&mode=1

TI-2022-06472 Path traversal in Tableau Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-11732 Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2019-14206 Tableau Server 10.3 through 2019.4 on Windows and Linux allows XSS via the embeddedAuthRedirect page. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2025-19441 Type confusion in Salesforce Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2025-32580 Path traversal in Salesforce Tableau Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
TI-2025-32577 Unrestricted file upload in Salesforce Tableau Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5

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Sources

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