CVE-2020-1930
A command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to
02 Description
A command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-30 17:42Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-02
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a0aa2aa23058478937e95c506aa1f44704e2ebbafba78349b65539d0d68e0e89
05 Affected products
06 References
- bz.apache.orghttps://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7648
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- www.debian.orgDSA-4615https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4615
- seclists.org20200203 [SECURITY] [DSA 4615-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/1
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4265-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4265-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-24dac7d890https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7SY2LUSH2X3IUXN4EQQ5A6QVUFYIV3D/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-bd20036cdchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOVVKFP2G2AF5GHAB4WMHOEX76A3H6CE/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200218 [SECURITY] [DLA 2107-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00015.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0446http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00003.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.4~rc1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.4~rc1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.4~rc1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.