Hazard

Is CVE-2020-5847 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

Unraid Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Unraid · Unraid

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 96% 1 public exploit Fix deadline passed 3 May 2022

What it is

Unraid contains a vulnerability due to the insecure use of the extract PHP function that can be abused to execute remote code as root. This CVE is chainable with CVE-2020-5849 for initial access.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 96%
  • 1 public exploit published
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-05-03) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit code

Indexed from Exploit-DB. Presence of code raises urgency; absence does not mean safety.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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