CVE-2020-8655Actively exploitedAdded to KEV 2021-11-03

EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

EyesOfNetwork, EyesOfNetwork

Description

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.

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EPSS, exploit probability

Critical

60.1%

estimated chance of real-world exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of every CVE FIRST.org scores

Refreshed 10/28/2026, via FIRST.org's EPSS model, not CVSS, this measures likelihood of exploitation, not how severe it would be.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA-recommended due date: 2022-05-03

CWE-269

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