{"id":"CVE-2018-20871","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20871","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:52:33.332Z","title":"In Univa Grid Engine before 8.6.3, when configured for Docker jobs and execd spooling on root_squash, weak file permissions (\"other\" write access) occur in certain cases (GE-6890).","description":"In Univa Grid Engine before 8.6.3, when configured for Docker jobs and execd spooling on root_squash, weak file permissions (\"other\" write access) occur in certain cases (GE-6890).","published":"2019-07-30T19:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:53:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["univa/grid engine"],"epss":{"score":0.02169,"percentile":0.82174,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.univa.com/resources/files/Release_Notes_Univa_Grid_Engine_8.6.6.pdf","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.univa.com/resources/files/Release_Notes_Univa_Grid_Engine_8.6.6.pdf","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20871","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}