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FKIE_CVE-2024-35179

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-15 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:34
Severity
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, when using `RUN_AS_USER`, the specified user (and therefore, web interface admins) can read arbitrary files as root. This issue affects admins who have set up to run stalwart with `RUN_AS_USER` who handed out admin credentials to the mail server but expect these to only grant access according to the `RUN_AS_USER` and are attacked where the attackers managed to achieve Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server/security/advisories/GHSA-5pfx-j27j-4c6h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server/security/advisories/GHSA-5pfx-j27j-4c6h
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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