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CVE-2020-8023

Local privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND=ldap in openldap2

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
9 products affected across 2 vendorsOPENLDAP2LeapLinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability in the start script of openldap2 of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user ldap to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.

Affected

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

OPENLDAP2· openSUSE
95%
v < 2.4.26-0.74.13.1v < 2.4.41-18.71.2v < 2.4.46-9.31.1v < 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1
Affected range stops below 2.4.26-0.74.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-9.31.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
opensuse-leap (environment) · suse-enterprise-storage (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-debuginfo (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-point-of-sale (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-server (environment) · suse-openstack-cloud (environment) · suse-openstack-cloud-crowbar (environment)
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Storage· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.41-18.71.2openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Linux Enterprise Point of Sale· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Linux Enterprise Server· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.41-18.71.2openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.46-9.31.1openldap2-client-openssl1 ≤ v < 2.4.26-0.74.13.1openldap2openldap2-client-openssl1
Affected range stops below 2.4.26-0.74.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-9.31.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Linux Enterprise Server for SAP· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.41-18.71.2openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.46-9.31.1openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.46-9.31.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Openstack Cloud· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.41-18.71.2openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Openstack Cloud Crowbar· SUSE
60%
openldap2 ≤ v < 2.4.41-18.71.2openldap2
Affected range stops below 2.4.41-18.71.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172698

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-349

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