CVE-2020-8624

Name: CVE-2020-8624
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2020-08-21T21:15:12.48+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 4.3/10EPSS 3.64%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-8624 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.3/10 on the CVSS scale. In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.1 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.12-S1 -> 9.9.13-S1, 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker who has been granted privileges to change a specific subset of the zone's content could abuse these unintended additional privileges to update other contents of the zone.. EPSS estimates a 3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.1 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.12-S1 -> 9.9.13-S1, 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker who has been granted privileges to change a specific subset of the zone's content could abuse these unintended additional privileges to update other contents of the zone.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

4.3/10

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

EPSS Probability

3.64%

88.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Isc	Bind	>= 9.9.12, <= 9.9.13	—
Isc	Bind	>= 9.10.7, <= 9.10.8	—
Isc	Bind	>= 9.11.3, <= 9.11.21	—
Isc	Bind	>= 9.12.1, <= 9.16.5	—
Isc	Bind	>= 9.17.0, <= 9.17.3	—
Isc	Bind	9.9.12	S1
Isc	Bind	9.9.13	S1
Isc	Bind	9.11.3	S1
Isc	Bind	9.11.21	S1
Netapp	Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage	All versions	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	20.04	—
Debian	Debian Linux	10.0	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	31	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	32	—
Opensuse	Leap	15.1	—
Opensuse	Leap	15.2	—

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8624Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8624Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 21, 2020
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2020-8624?

How severe is CVE-2020-8624?

CVE-2020-8624 has a CVSS score of 4.3/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 3.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8624?

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Source: NVD / NIST