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CVE-2020-36771

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as command line argument. In...

7.8 High

CVE-2020-36771 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cloudlinux Cagefs, published January 22, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.8 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
0.47%EPSS, 41st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as a command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view the authentication token via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

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

0.47%Up 0.4 points since Jan 24, 2024
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.8

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as a command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view the authentication token via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Record
CVE-2020-36771
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-214, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List7.8

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as a command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view the authentication token via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Record
CVE-2020-36771
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-214, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-242127.8

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as a command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view the authentication token via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Record
EUVD-2020-24212
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7gp-f4wc-h5w47.8

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as command line argument. In...

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view it via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Record
GHSA-v7gp-f4wc-h5w4
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-214
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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