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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-15589 · published 2 October 2020

CVE-2020-15589: Zohocorp manageengine desktop central vulnerability

Zohocorp · Manageengine Desktop Central

A design issue was discovered in GetInternetRequestHandle, InternetSendRequestEx and InternetSendRequestByBitrate in the client side of Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.552.W and Remote Access Plus before 10.1.2119.1. By exploiting this issue, an attacker-controlled server can force the client to skip TLS certificate validation, leading to a man-in-the-middle attack against HTTPS and unauthenticated remote code execution.

8.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 8.3% · top 5.3%
8.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.8
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A design issue was discovered in GetInternetRequestHandle, InternetSendRequestEx and InternetSendRequestByBitrate in the client side of Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.552.W and Remote Access Plus before 10.1.2119.1. By exploiting this issue, an attacker-controlled server can force the client to skip TLS certificate validation, leading to a man-in-the-middle attack against HTTPS and unauthenticated remote code execution.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/ ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/untrusted-agent-server-communication.html Vendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/ ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/untrusted-agent-server-communication.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-15589), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.