CVE-2020-36911
RCE in Covenant via forged admin JWTs and DLL upload
Is CVE-2020-36911 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2020-36911 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2020-36911?
CVE-2020-36911 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2020-36911?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2020-36911. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2020-36911 affect?
CVE-2020-36911 affects Covenant C2 Framework <=0.5 (0.1.3-0.5). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2020-36911?
Upgrade Covenant to a patched version
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote code execution via forged admin JWTs and DLL payload upload; attacker gains full control.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 0.1.3 and <= 0.5
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.