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CVE-2020-8289

Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434 suffer from improper certificate validation in…

High7.8EPSS 4.7%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
hackerone

Description

Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434 suffer from improper certificate validation in `bztransmit` helper due to hardcoded whitelist of strings in URLs where validation is disabled leading to possible remote code execution via client update functionality.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By hackerone

  2. · 11 months later

    Published

  3. · 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-8289, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
4.7% · top 8.1% 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: High 7.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Backblaze

    • affected Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434

References (6)

Sources

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