Security Resilience

CVE-2020-37281

Public PoC
Published
14 October 2026
Modified
15 October 2026
CVSS Score v4 9.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0088 58th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2020-37281 is a critical-severity Use of Default Cryptographic Key (CWE-1394) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.2 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique NTDS (T1003.003); ranked in the top 42% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Gravitee API Management through 4.12.22 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to impersonate any user by forging JWTs signed with the shipped default jwt.secret. Attackers knowing an existing user ID can sign an HS256 token with…

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that subject and present it as a bearer token to the Management API, impersonating administrators to gain full platform control.

CWE(s)
CWE-1394

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1014 Rootkit Stealth
Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match

Requiring the most restrictive configuration settings prohibits the use of known default cryptographic keys.

SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management partial match

Cryptographic key establishment and management requires generating and provisioning unique keys rather than relying on manufacturer defaults.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-01 partial match
blocks

Credential/key management practices eliminate default cryptographic keys for identities and services.

PR.AA-03 partial match
blocks

Strong authentication requirements implicitly disallow default keys but do not address key management itself.

PR.PS-01 partial match
blocks

Configuration management directly prohibits default keys via hardened baselines and change control.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements partial match
removes
A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
blocks

A.8.19 governs the process, authorization, testing and approval of software installation/updates on operational systems but contains no requirement to replace, avoid or configure away a default cryptographic key that is already present in the installed software.

A.8.24 Use of cryptography partial match
blocks

A.8.24 requires determining and applying appropriate cryptography per policy and classification; it does not stop a default key from being present or from being exploitable when one is used

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
removes
A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
removes
A.8.32 Change management partial match
blocks

Change-management processes should detect and remediate default cryptographic keys.

References