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TI-2020-12476 Aliases CVE-2020-15853GHSA-ggp9-5cp6-gwqr

Uncontrolled resource consumption in supybot-fedora

Priority LOW 31CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

supybot-fedora implements the command 'refresh', that refreshes the cache of all users from FAS. This takes quite a while to run, and zodbot stops responding to requests during this time.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00732 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—supybot-fedoraall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • supybot-fedora Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:supybot-fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:supybot-fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15853
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ggp9-5cp6-gwqr
  3. 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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