CVE-2020-36911
Covenant 0.1.3 - 0.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious JWT tokens with administrative privileges. Attackers can generate forged tokens with admin roles and upload custom DLL payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Puntuación base: 9.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 12%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 96
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access90 % - Impacto principal
T1078.001Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access85 % - Impacto secundario
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution80 %
Vector CVSS con AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin autenticación previa (T1190). Forja de JWT tokens otorga acceso con privilegios administrativos (T1078.001) permitiendo ejecutar código arbitrario (T1059) mediante carga de DLL maliciosos.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-798
Referencias
- https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html
- https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb
- https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https://twitter.com/cobbr_io/status/1316058367161401344
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-remote-code-execution-rce
- https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters
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