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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-22 13:53 – Updated: 2025-06-20 18:33
VLAI
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-214 - Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cloudlinux OS cagefs Affected: 7.1.1-1
Unaffected: 7.1.2-2
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Date Public
2020-09-28 15:00
Credits
David Lisa Gnedt (SBA Research)
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