CVE-2020-11498

high

Description

Slack Nebula through 1.1.0 contains a relative path vulnerability that allows a low-privileged attacker to execute code in the context of the root user via tun_darwin.go or tun_windows.go. A user can also use Nebula to execute arbitrary code in the user's own context, e.g., for user-level persistence or to bypass security controls. NOTE: the vendor states that this "requires a high degree of access and other preconditions that are tough to achieve."

References

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/pull/191

http://www.pwn3d.org/posts/7918501-slack-nebula-relative-path-bug-bounty-disclosure

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01356