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CVE-2020-5253

LOW · CVSS 3.9 EPSS 0.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-03-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2020-5253
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.9
EPSS
0.54%

Original NVD Description

NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.