High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2020-37020

Description

SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48677nvd
www.sonarqube.orgnvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sonarqube-unquoted-service-pathnvd

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