Critical severity · published Nov 23, 2020
CVE-2020-6939
Tableau Server installations configured with Site-Specific SAML that allows the APIs to be used by unauthenticated users
9.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Tableau Server installations configured with Site-Specific SAML that allows the APIs to be used by unauthenticated users. If exploited, this could allow a malicious user to configure Site-Specific SAML settings and could lead to account takeover for users of that site. Tableau Server versions affected on both Windows and Linux are: 2018.2 through 2018.2.27, 2018.3 through 2018.3.24, 2019.1 through 2019.1.22, 2019.2 through 2019.2.18, 2019.3 through 2019.3.14, 2019.4 through 2019.4.13, 2020.1 through 2020.1.10, 2020.2 through 2020.2.7, and 2020.3 through 2020.3.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TS
Tableau Server · Tableau
2018.2 through 2018.2.27; 2018.3 through 2018.3.24; 2019.1 through 2019.1.22; 2019.2 through 2019.2.18; 2019.3 through 2019.3.14; 2019.4 through 2019.4.13; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6939
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6939
Third Party Advisory
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000355686&type=1&mode=1
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