CVE-2020-1946
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 1.5%spamassassin - security update
Published: 3/25/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA version 3.4.5, users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/spamassassinfrom 0, < 3.4.5-r0
- Debian/spamassassinfrom 0, < 3.4.5~pre1-1
- Debian/spamassassinfrom 0, < 3.4.2-1~deb9u4
- Debian/spamassassinfrom 0, < 3.4.2-1+deb10u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |