CVE-2020-26880
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-26880- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-26880- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-19415 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-19415- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-26880- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-26880
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26880- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-26880
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26880- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sympaDebian:12 |
before 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
sympaDebian:13 |
before 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
sympaDebian:14 |
before 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
sympaUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.1.24~dfsg-16.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
sympaUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.2.18~dfsg-16.2.22~dfsg-16.2.24~dfsg-16.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm16.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
None known |
sympaUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.2.40~dfsg-16.2.40~dfsg-36.2.40~dfsg-46.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm16.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm2 |
None known |
sympaUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.2.60~dfsg-4build16.2.66~dfsg-16.2.66~dfsg-26.2.66~dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-26880 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Sympa, published October 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in sympa 6.2.60~dfsg-2.
References
github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1009
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E2TKOL454ZKKLQCUSUPNEZ52WELN4OAH
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26880
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26880
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26880
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26880