CVE-2020-25580

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2021 at 08:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r369346, 11.4-STABLE before r369345, 12.2-RELEASE before p4 and 11.4-RELEASE before p8 a regression in the login.access(5) rule processor has the effect of causing rules to fail to match even when they should not. This means that rules denying access may be ignored.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-697

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