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CVE-2020-14871

CRITICAL10.0
CISA KEV

Published 2020-10-21 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secalert_us@oracle.com

Summary

CVE-2020-14871 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Oracle has 46 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 13 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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

CWE-787CWE-787

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Oracle — Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS)

Name: Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Vulnerability

Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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