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CVE-2020-36911

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

Covenant 0.1.3 - 0.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious JWT tokens with administrative privileges. Attackers can generate forged tokens with admin roles and upload custom DLL payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/13/2026

Last Modified1/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

cobbr:covenant

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798

References

https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https://twitter.com/cobbr_io/status/1316058367161401344(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-remote-code-execution-rce(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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