critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2020-10189ManageEngine Desktop Central — Deserialization to Code Execution

Zoho's endpoint management server deserializes untrusted data in a chart handler, letting an unauthenticated attacker run code on the machine that manages every desktop.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Desktop Central to 10.0.474 or later, and treat every managed endpoint as suspect if the server was exposed.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2020-03-06
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1059
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the management server

Fixed inDesktop Central 10.0.474

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2020-10189 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07