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CVE-2019-20790

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass...

9.8 CriticalFix available

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.45%Up 1.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
CVE-2019-20790
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-290
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
CVE-2019-20790
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-11327 No score

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
EUVD-2019-11327
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6pph-69rg-fpw6 9.8

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass...

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
GHSA-6pph-69rg-fpw6
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-290
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
CVE-2019-20790
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-20790 9.8

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20790
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-20790 9.8

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20790
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2021-0462 No score

Updated opendmarc packages fix security vulnerability

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x, when used with pypolicyd-spf 2.0.2, allows attacks that bypass SPF and DMARC authentication in situations where the HELO field is inconsistent with the MAIL FROM field (CVE-2019-20790).

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x allows attacks that inject authentication results to provide false information about the domain that originated an e-mail message. This is caused by incorrect parsing and interpretation of SPF/DKIM authentication results, as demonstrated by the example.net(.example.com substring (CVE-2020-12272).

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x through 1.4.0-Beta1 has improper null termination in the function opendmarc_xml_parse that can result in a one-byte heap overflow in opendmarc_xml when parsing a specially crafted DMARC aggregate report. This can cause remote memory corruption when a '\0' byte overwrites the heap metadata of the next chunk and its PREV_INUSE flag (CVE-2020-12460).

Record
MGASA-2021-0462
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
opendmarc
Debian:12
before 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
opendmarc
Debian:13
before 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
opendmarc
Debian:14
before 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4
opendmarc
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.4.1.1-1.mga8
1.4.1.1-1.mga8
opendmarc
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.1+dfsg-21.3.1+dfsg-31.3.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.2-21.3.2-31.3.2-3ubuntu0.11.3.2-3ubuntu0.2
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.2-61.3.2-71.3.2-7ubuntu0.1
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-61.4.1.1-11.4.1.1-21.4.2-1
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-31.4.2-41.4.2-4.1build11.4.2-4.1build2
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-51.4.2-5.1
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-5.1build1
None known
opendmarc
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-5.11.4.2-5.1build1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-20790 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Pypolicyd-spf Project Pypolicyd-spf, published April 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.45%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in opendmarc 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-4.

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