📄 Description (English)
Unraid Authentication Bypass Vulnerability — Unraid contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to gain access to the administrative interface. This CVE is chainable with CVE-2020-5847 for remote code execution.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2020-5849 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Unraid that allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to the administrative interface with a CVSS score of 9.0. When chained with CVE-2020-5847, this vulnerability enables remote code execution, posing severe risk to organizations using Unraid for storage and virtualization infrastructure. Immediate patching is essential as exploits are publicly available.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 19, 2026 13:55
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in banking, government, healthcare, and energy sectors that rely on Unraid for data storage, backup, and virtualization infrastructure face critical risk. Financial institutions (SAMA-regulated banks) using Unraid for infrastructure could experience unauthorized administrative access leading to data theft, system compromise, and regulatory violations. Government agencies and critical infrastructure operators (energy, telecom) are particularly vulnerable. Healthcare organizations storing patient data on Unraid systems face HIPAA-equivalent compliance breaches. The vulnerability's chainability with CVE-2020-5847 for RCE makes this especially dangerous for Saudi critical infrastructure.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Administration
Healthcare and Medical Institutions
Energy and Utilities
Telecommunications
Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure Operators
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all Unraid installations across your organization and document their network locations and administrative access points
2. Isolate affected Unraid systems from production networks if patching cannot be completed immediately
3. Review administrative access logs for unauthorized login attempts or suspicious activities
4. Change all Unraid administrative credentials immediately
5. Monitor for indicators of compromise (IOCs) related to CVE-2020-5847 exploitation
PATCHING GUIDANCE:
1. Apply the latest Unraid security patch immediately (update to patched version)
2. Verify patch installation by checking Unraid version in administrative interface
3. Test functionality in non-production environment before production deployment
4. Implement a phased rollout for critical systems with change management approval
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching delayed):
1. Implement network segmentation: restrict administrative interface access to specific IP ranges/VPNs only
2. Deploy WAF/IPS rules to detect and block authentication bypass attempts
3. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) if supported by Unraid version
4. Implement rate limiting on administrative login endpoints
5. Deploy intrusion detection signatures for CVE-2020-5847 exploitation attempts
DETECTION RULES:
1. Monitor for HTTP requests to Unraid administrative paths without valid authentication tokens
2. Alert on multiple failed login attempts followed by successful access
3. Track administrative interface access from unexpected IP addresses
4. Monitor for suspicious API calls to administrative endpoints
5. Implement SIEM rules to correlate CVE-2020-5847 exploitation attempts with this vulnerability
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حدد جميع تثبيتات Unraid عبر مؤسستك وقثق مواقعها على الشبكة ونقاط الوصول الإدارية
2. عزل أنظمة Unraid المتأثرة عن شبكات الإنتاج إذا لم يتمكن من إكمال التصحيح فوراً
3. راجع سجلات الوصول الإداري للمحاولات غير المصرح بها أو الأنشطة المريبة
4. غير جميع بيانات اعتماد Unraid الإدارية فوراً
5. راقب مؤشرات الاختراق المتعلقة باستغلال CVE-2020-5847
إرشادات التصحيح:
1. طبق أحدث تصحيح أمان Unraid فوراً (حدّث إلى الإصدار المصحح)
2. تحقق من تثبيت التصحيح بفحص إصدار Unraid في الواجهة الإدارية
3. اختبر الوظائف في بيئة غير الإنتاج قبل نشر الإنتاج
4. طبق نشراً مرحلياً للأنظمة الحرجة مع موافقة إدارة التغيير
الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح الفوري):
1. طبق تقسيم الشبكة: قيد وصول الواجهة الإدارية إلى نطاقات IP محددة أو شبكات VPN فقط
2. نشر قواعد WAF/IPS للكشف عن محاولات绕过المصادقة وحجبها
3. فعّل المصادقة متعددة العوامل (MFA) إذا كانت مدعومة من قبل إصدار Unraid
4. طبق تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية تسجيل الدخول الإدارية
5. نشر توقيعات كشف الاختراق لمحاولات استغلال CVE-2020-5847
قواعد الكشف:
1. راقب طلبات HTTP إلى مسارات Unraid الإدارية بدون رموز مصادقة صحيحة
2. أصدر تنبيهات عند محاولات تسجيل دخول متعددة فاشلة متبوعة بوصول ناجح
3. تتبع وصول الواجهة الإدارية من عناوين IP غير متوقعة
4. راقب استدعاءات API المريبة إلى نقاط نهاية إدارية
5. طبق قواعد SIEM لربط محاولات استغلال CVE-2020-5847 مع هذه الثغرة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures
A.6.1.2 - Access control and authentication mechanisms
A.8.2.1 - User access management
A.8.2.3 - Management of privileged access rights
A.12.4.1 - Event logging and monitoring
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-2 - Software, platforms, and applications are inventoried
PR.AC-1 - Identities and credentials are issued and managed
PR.AC-4 - Access is managed based on the principle of least privilege
DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events
DE.AE-1 - A baseline of network operations and expected data flows is established
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Information security policy
A.6.1.1 - Information security roles and responsibilities
A.8.1.1 - User registration and de-registration
A.8.2.1 - User access provisioning
A.8.2.3 - Management of privileged access rights
A.8.3.1 - Password management
A.12.4.1 - Event logging
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
Requirement 2.1 - Change vendor-supplied defaults
Requirement 6.2 - Ensure security patches are installed
Requirement 7.1 - Limit access to system components
Requirement 8.1 - Assign unique ID to each user
Requirement 8.2 - Ensure proper user authentication
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Unraid:Unraid