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1 vulnerability by Cobbr
CVE-2020-36911 (GCVE-0-2020-36911)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 22:51 – Updated: 2026-05-14 02:06
VLAI
Title
Covenant 0.5 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141 | exploit |
| https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html | product |
| https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant | product |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https:… | technical-descriptionexploit |
| https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blo… | exploit |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https:… | vendor-advisorypatch |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-rem… | third-party-advisory |
Date Public
2022-09-11 00:00
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