CVE-2020-36911

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html	Broken Link
https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb	Product
https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant	Product
https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https://twitter.com/cobbr_io/status/1316058367161401344	Issue Tracking
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141	Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-remote-code-execution-rce	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb	Product
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cobbr:covenant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-01-13 23:15

Updated : 2026-01-29 00:56

NVD link : CVE-2020-36911

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36911

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36911

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cobbr

covenant

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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