CVE-2020-29668
Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-565
- Affected
- sympa/sympa · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.