TI-2020-17825 Aliases CVE-2020-29668 GHSA-wrwc-95g6-4fm3

Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending…

LOW 22CWE-287Published 2020-12-10 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01981 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged 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 · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa::::::::	up to 6.2.58	Vulnerable	Sympa
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.59:beta1::::::	6.2.59 beta1	Vulnerable	Sympa
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*	32	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*	33	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*	9.0	Vulnerable	Debian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*	10.0	Vulnerable	Debian

cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.2.58 Vulnerable ·Sympa
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.59:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.59 beta1 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:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 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

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-29668
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wrwc-95g6-4fm3

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041

Patch 1

https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044

Advisory 6

Sources

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