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CVE-2020-5741

High CVSS 7.2 Known exploited

Published 2020-05-08 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2023-03-10

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2020-5741 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-03-10. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2020-5741, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.

Sources

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