CVE-2020-8657
Published 2020-02-06 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2020-8657 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork. 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. EyesOfNetwork has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited EyesOfNetwork vulnerabilities →Description
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: EyesOfNetwork — EyesOfNetwork
Name: EyesOfNetwork Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8657