Vulnerability · Published Sep 2, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-22669
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the modsecurity-crs package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | modsecurity-crs | 3.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Debian:13 | modsecurity-crs | 3.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Debian:14 | modsecurity-crs | 3.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | modsecurity-crs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | modsecurity-crs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | modsecurity-crs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | modsecurity-crs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | modsecurity-crs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669 |