CVE-2020-37020

HIGH 7.8

SonarQube 8.3.1 - Unquoted Service Path

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.

CWE	CWE-428
Vendor	sonarqube
Product	sonarqube
Published	Jan 29, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Sonarqube / SonarQube

8.3.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48677 sonarqube.org: https://www.sonarqube.org vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sonarqube-unquoted-service-path

Credits

Velayutham Selvaraj