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GHSA-V7GP-F4WC-H5W4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-22 15:30 – Updated: 2025-06-20 21:31

Details

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view it via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2020-36771 (GCVE-0-2020-36771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-22 13:53 – Updated: 2025-06-20 18:33

Summary

CloudLinux CageFS 7.1.1-1 or below passes the authentication token as a command line argument. In some configurations this allows local users to view the authentication token via the process list and gain code execution as another user.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-214 - Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	https://blog.cloudlinux.com/cagefs-lve-wrappers-a…
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/24
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176790/Cloud…
	https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/pu…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Cloudlinux OS	cagefs	Affected: 7.1.1-1 Unaffected: 7.1.2-2

Credits

David Lisa Gnedt (SBA Research)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-V7GP-F4WC-H5W4

CVE-2020-36771 (GCVE-0-2020-36771)

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