An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3.
Priority CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildCWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as root via a crafted NSE script for nmap 7.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03CISA due date 2022-05-03
EPSS 0.5993 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3-0 | Vulnerable | EyesOfNetwork |
- cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3-0 Vulnerable ·EyesOfNetwork
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2021-11-03 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8655
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qhg6-px34-g7qc
References
More Eyesofnetwork vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06937 An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-07575 An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork eonweb 5.1 through 5.3 before 5.3-3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06936 An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06934 An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-08993 The module admin_ITSM in EyesOfNetwork 5.3-10 allows remote authenticated users to upload… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19976 An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork (EON) through 5.3.11. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-8655 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-8655 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qhg6-px34-g7qc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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