CVE-2020-28002: Sonarsource Sonarqube

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In SonarQube 8.4.2.36762, an external attacker can achieve authentication bypass through SonarScanner. With an empty value for the -D sonar.login option, anonymous authentication is forced. This allows creating and overwriting public and private projects via the /api/ce/submit endpoint.

Affected products

• Sonarsource Sonarqube: version 8.4.2.36762 only

Published 2020-11-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.