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CVE-2020-15261

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Unquoted service path vulnerability on Veyon

CVE-2020-152614 of 4 sources documented this
36

rank 36 = 17 + 17 + 0 + 2 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.11255  ·  without this subject the record ranks 19

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 6.7, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 19

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 36

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

1 product in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 34

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 36

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$562,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$157,000on 2025-03-30, the last material move, 1 year, 3 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$562,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.11255 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

$4.99M is the cost of a breach that happened, from IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, global average. It is not the value of any asset of yours. That average already covers breaches of every severity, so scaling it by exposure understates a partial-impact record. That is an assumption, not a measurement. Your own asset value goes in the decision record.

Hindsight · the state

0.11255EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationpublic proof-of-conceptreceipt
Defenseunaffected versions publishedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2025-03-17, 484 days at 0.11, as of 2026-07-14. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

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Sources disagree here.

Severity score
GitHub_M8 HIGHreceipt
NVD6.7 MEDIUMreceipt
What it costs
GitHub_MComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
NVDComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · high privileges required · no user interaction · high attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Elementreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-428: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

First unaffected version, by branchveyon 4.4.2receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository, 2022-01-12.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository2022-01-12receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA8 HIGHreceipt
CVSS, NVD6.7 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.11255 · top 4% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth1 product across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byGitHub_Mreceipt
Recorded changes27 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productveyonreceipt
Published rangesveyon < 4.4.2receipt

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Attack path

Network requestrequires high privilegesveyonCWE-428 weaknessAdjacent componentsscope changeFull compromise (C/I/A)C:H / I:H / A:Hexploits CWE-428scope changedata compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

On Windows the Veyon Service before version 4.4.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability, allowing locally authenticated users with administrative privileges to run malicious executables with LocalSystem privileges. Since Veyon users (both students and teachers) usually don't have administrative privileges, this vulnerability is only dangerous in anyway unsafe setups. The problem has been fixed in version 4.4.2. As a workaround, the exploitation of the vulnerability can be prevented by revoking administrative privileges from all potentially untrustworthy users. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-428
affected versions
veyon < 4.4.2
also scored by
[email protected] 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

The CNA scored it 8 and NVD 6.7. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself github.com github.com github.com packetstormsecurity.com exploit-db.com exploit-db.com receipt

Dated events

2021-06-02EPSS moved 0.09 to 0.352022-02-04EPSS moved 0.43 to 0.042026-06-15EPSS moved 0.08 to 0.11

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.08756
2 Jun 20210.35026 · crossed 0.10
4 Feb 20220.0443 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.00136 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.08381 · scoring model v2025.03.14
19 Mar 20250.11525 · crossed 0.10
20 Mar 20250.08381 · crossed 0.10
27 Mar 20250.11525 · crossed 0.10
28 Mar 20250.08381 · crossed 0.10
29 Mar 20250.11525 · crossed 0.10
30 Mar 20250.08381 · crossed 0.10
15 Jun 20260.11123 · crossed 0.10 · scoring model v2026.06.15
14 Jul 20260.11255

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 24 observations
14 Apr 20210.08756
2 Jun 20210.35026
19 Jun 20210.4307
4 Feb 20220.0443
1 Apr 20220.0366
15 Jul 20220.01034
15 Nov 20220.0366
7 Mar 20230.00136
25 Sep 20240.00135
14 Dec 20240.00129
17 Dec 20240.00390
17 Mar 20250.08381
19 Mar 20250.11525
20 Mar 20250.08381
27 Mar 20250.11525
28 Mar 20250.08381
29 Mar 20250.11525
30 Mar 20250.08381
2 May 20250.0788
19 Oct 20250.08057
18 Nov 20250.01853
21 Nov 20250.08057
15 Jun 20260.11123
14 Jul 20260.11255

24 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.11255Published2020-10-19Public PoC2022-01-12Index as of2026-07-14

Exploit probability more than doubled between 2024-12-14 and 2024-12-17 (0.00129 → 0.0039) and the record had been public for 5 years, 8 months when this index was last written.

Published 2020-10-19 receipt · Public PoC 2022-01-12 receipt · Index as of 2026-07-14 derived

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