The following vulnerability applies only to the Pydio Cells Enterprise OVF version 2.0.4.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- 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
The following vulnerability applies only to the Pydio Cells Enterprise OVF version 2.0.4. Prior versions of the Pydio Cells Enterprise OVF (such as version 2.0.3) have a looser policy restriction allowing the “pydio” user to execute any privileged command using sudo. In version 2.0.4 of the appliance, the user pydio is responsible for running all the services and binaries that are contained in the Pydio Cells web application package, such as mysqld, cells, among others. This user has privileges restricted to run those services and nothing more.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12850
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7hh6-jvfj-8w78
References
More pydio Cells vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-16015 Pydio Cells allows users by default to create so-called external users in order to share… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-16016 Pydio Cells through 4.1.2 allows SSRF. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-16017 Pydio Cells through 4.1.2 allows XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2019-09658 Pydio Cells before 1.5.0 fails to neutralize '../' elements, allowing an attacker with… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-10216 Pydio Cells 2.0.4 allows an authenticated user to write or overwrite existing files in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2020-10217 The update feature for Pydio Cells 2.0.4 allows an administrator user to set a custom… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-12850 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12850 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7hh6-jvfj-8w78 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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