Critical
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-8657
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.
osv:CVE-2020-8657
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8657",
"method": "structured",
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"summary": "An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.",
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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"type": "GIT",
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:25.165670236Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8657",
"https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 431295,
"published_at": "2020-02-06T18:15:13.963+00:00"
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