CVE-2020-8655

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as root via a crafted NSE script for nmap 7.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

59.9%Up 38.2 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2020-8655
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.8

Record: CVE-2020-8655
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2020-29503 7.8

Record: EUVD-2020-29503
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhg6-px34-g7qc 7.8

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege...

Record: GHSA-qhg6-px34-g7qc
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

EyesOfNetwork contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that may allow a user to run commands as root via a crafted Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) script to nmap7.

Record: CVE-2020-8655
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.8

Record: CVE-2020-8655
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

eyesofnetwork

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	EyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution	2020-02-06
Exploit-DB	EyesOfNetwork 5.3 - Remote Code Execution	2020-02-07
Exploit-DB	EyesOfNetwork - AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution (Metasploit)	2020-03-05

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-8655 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Eyesofnetwork, published February 6, 2020. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.