CVE-2020-9046
Kantech EntraPass Security Management Software - System Permissions Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jci
Description
A vulnerability in all versions of Kantech EntraPass Editions could potentially allow an authorized low-privileged user to gain full system-level privileges by replacing critical files with specifically crafted files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jci
- 3 months later
· 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jciCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Johnson Controls · Kantech EntraPass Security Management Software Special Edition versions 8.22 and prior
- affected unspecified – ≤ 8.22
Johnson Controls · Kantech EntraPass Security Management Software Corporate Edition versions 8.22 and prior
- affected unspecified – ≤ 8.22
Johnson Controls · Kantech EntraPass Security Management Software Global Edition versions 8.22 and prior
- affected unspecified – ≤ 8.22
What to do
Solution: Upgrade all Kantech EntraPass Editions to version 8.23. Registered users can obtain the critical software update by downloading the zip file from the Software Downloads location at https://kantech.com/Support/SoftwareDownloads.aspx.
References (2)
- https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/cyber-solutions/security-advisories (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ICS-CERT Advisory (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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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