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A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01596,"percentile":0.75906,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-345","CWE-74","CWE-754"],"published":"2020-03-16T21:05:49Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:54:30Z","products":[{"vendor":"openwrt","product":"lede"},{"vendor":"openwrt","product":"openwrt"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/master","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://openwrt.org/advisory/2020-01-31-1","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","evidence"]},{"url":"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory","evidence"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7982"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-573w-86fx-gf5p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-7982","description":"An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. 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