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CVE-2020-5866
In versions of NGINX Controller prior to 3.3.0, the helper.sh script, which is used optionally in NGINX Controller to change settings,…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.34%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- f5
Description
In versions of NGINX Controller prior to 3.3.0, the helper.sh script, which is used optionally in NGINX Controller to change settings, uses sensitive items as command-line arguments.
Timeline
ID reserved
By f5
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
NGINX Controller
- affected < 3.3.0
References (2)
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11922628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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