CVE-2020-24356

MEDIUM

cloudflared <2020.8.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.

References (1)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/security/advisories/GHSA-hgwp-4vp4-qmm2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 9.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (2)

cloudflare/cloudflared < 2020.8.1

cloudflare/cloudflared < 0.0.0-20200820025921-9323844ea773Go

Timeline

Published Oct 02, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026