An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise…
Priority LOW 37CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise Gateway 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0 and CipherMail Webmail Messenger 1.1.1 through 3.1.1-0. Attackers with administrative access to the web interface have multiple options to escalate their privileges to the Unix root account.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02626 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0.1 – 4.7.1-0 | Vulnerable | Ciphermail |
| cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:webmail_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.1.1 – 3.1.1-0 | Vulnerable | Ciphermail |
- cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 – 4.7.1-0 Vulnerable ·Ciphermail
- cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:webmail_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 – 3.1.1-0 Vulnerable ·Ciphermail
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12713
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-78j9-3m69-vxv3
References
Exploit 2
More Ciphermail Gateway vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10109 An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway Virtual Appliances and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2020-12713 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12713 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-78j9-3m69-vxv3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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