CVE-2020-28026
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 4.3%Published: 5/6/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28026
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters, relevant in non-default configurations that enable Delivery Status Notification (DSN). Certain uses of ORCPT= can place a newline into a spool header file, and indirectly allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/exim4from 0, < 4.94.2-1
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 |