Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2020-10189

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability

Past federal due date 54 public exploits Added 03 Nov 2021 Due 03 May 2022 · 1557 days ago
VendorZoho
ProductManageEngine
WeaknessCWE-502
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central contains a file upload vulnerability that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

54 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. That volume usually means a reliable, widely-reproduced exploit. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

Showing 8 of 54. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.