# CVE-2020-10936: Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-10936-sympa-privileges-escalation-to-root/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3J4NZLGAF4ZYK52XEBQDTBNHLGBEPXXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3TMQ3CORUOWARALACCBG2SBTIGZ5GY5/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818

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