CVE-2020-13776
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 03 Jun 2020, 02:05
Last modified:09 Jun 2025, 15:46
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
27/100 CVSS Score
6.7 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.14% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Jun 2020, 02:05
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
09 Jun 2025, 15:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.14%• Percentile: 33%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-269•Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Systems
- fedoraproject•fedora
32
- netapp•active_iq_unified_manager
na
- netapp•solidfire_\&_hci_management_node
na
- systemd_project•systemd
≤ 245