Is CVE-2020-28026 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-28026 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-28026?

CVE-2020-28026 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-28026?

CVE-2020-28026 has an EPSS score of 9.29% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28026?

Upgrade exim4 on debian 11 to 4.94.2-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-28026

CRITICALEPSS 95th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters, relevant in non-default configurations that enable Delivery Status Notification (DSN). Certain uses of ORCPT= can place a newline into a spool header file, and indirectly allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

How to fix

Remediation Available

exim4Debian

Fixed in:4.94.2-1CVE-2020-28026

exim4Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.90.1-1ubuntu1.8USN-4934-1

Fixed in:4.93-13ubuntu1.5USN-4934-1

exim4-baseUbuntu

Fixed in:4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.90.1-1ubuntu1.8USN-4934-1

Fixed in:4.93-13ubuntu1.5USN-4934-1

exim4-daemon-heavyUbuntu

Fixed in:4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.90.1-1ubuntu1.8USN-4934-1

Fixed in:4.93-13ubuntu1.5USN-4934-1

exim4-daemon-lightUbuntu

Fixed in:4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1USN-4934-2

Fixed in:4.90.1-1ubuntu1.8USN-4934-1

Fixed in:4.93-13ubuntu1.5USN-4934-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

9.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

exim.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.