CVE-2020-36911

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: January 13, 2026 Modified: January 29, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://cobbr.io/Covenant.html
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Broken Link
https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Product
https://github.com/cobbr/Covenant
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Product
https://web.archive.org/web/20201013165001/https://twitter.com/cobbr_io/status/1316058367161401344
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Issue Tracking
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51141
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/covenant-remote-code-execution-rce
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/covenant_rce/blob/master/covenant_jwt_rce.rb
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Product
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052547/https://blog.null.farm/hunting-the-hunters
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Third Party Advisory

9 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798

Affected Vendors

cobbr

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