Flexsense DiskBoss Application Crash Denial of Service
Priority HIGH 77CWE-434Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
Flexsense DiskBoss 7.7.14 allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files via /Command/Search Files/Directory field, leading to a denial of service by crashing the application.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00662 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36882
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qwh8-pvv2-phjv
- 2026-11-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Flexense Diskboss vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-19016 Flexsense DiskBoss 'Add Input Directory' Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-19015 Flexsense DiskBoss 'Reports and Data Directory' Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2018-03815 A stack-based buffer overflow in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04982 A buffer overflow vulnerability in Import Command in SyncBreeze before 10.6, DiskSorter… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-11451 In Flexense DiskBoss Enterprise 8.5.12, the Control Protocol suffers from a denial of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-03814 An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-36882 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36882 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwh8-pvv2-phjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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