High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-10936
CVE-2020-10936
Description
Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Sympa/Sympadescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-10936-sympa-privileges-escalation-to-root/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00012.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- sysdream.com/news/lab/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3J4NZLGAF4ZYK52XEBQDTBNHLGBEPXXN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3TMQ3CORUOWARALACCBG2SBTIGZ5GY5/nvd
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