CVE-2020-37020 HIGH

CVE-2020-37020: SonarQube 8.3.1 - Unquoted Service Path

Vendor Sonarqube
Product SonarQube
Weakness CWE-428
Published January 29, 2026
Last update March 5, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 29, 2026 CVE published
March 5, 2026 Record updated