High 7.8Published Jan 29, 2026

CVE-2020-37020SonarQube 8.3.1 - Unquoted Service Path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-428
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Mar 4, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Sonarqube SonarQube sonarqube:sonarqube (from the name)	8.3.1	CNA record

References

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48677	exploit
https://www.sonarqube.org	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sonarqube-unquoted-service-path	third-party-advisory

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