VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-13776

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-03
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-269

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