VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8991

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs.

LOW 2.3EPSS 0.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug

CVSS 3.1: 2.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS: 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-401
Affected: redhat/lvm2
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.3% 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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.