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TI-2020-16310 Aliases CVE-2020-26880GHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5

Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account…

Priority LOW 34CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
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

Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00352 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

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

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.2.56VulnerableSympa
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.57:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.57 beta1VulnerableSympa
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.57:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.57 beta2VulnerableSympa
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*32VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*33VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*34VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.2.56 Vulnerable ·Sympa
  • cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.57:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.57 beta1 Vulnerable ·Sympa
  • cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.57:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.57 beta2 Vulnerable ·Sympa
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26880
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5

References

Advisory 7

Sources

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