CVE-2020-5377
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path...
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
- Record
CVE-2020-5377- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26559
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26559- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jcx7-mqqf-7jxj No score
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path...
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
- Record
GHSA-jcx7-mqqf-7jxj- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
- Record
CVE-2020-5377- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 9.4.0.0 - Arbitrary File Read | 2021-04-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2020-5377 | 2024-05-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | und3sc0n0c1d0/AFR-in-OMSA | 2022-11-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5377 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Dell Emc Openmanage Server Administrator, published July 28, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322304/dsa-2020-172-dell-emc-openmanage-server-administrator-omsa-path-traversal-vulnerability?lang=en
packetstormsecurity.com/files/162110/Dell-OpenManage-Server-Administrator-9.4.0.0-File-Read.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5377
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcx7-mqqf-7jxj