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CVE-2020-26932

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Sympa: before 6.2.40 — fixed in 6.2.40

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sympa 6.2.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/971904
• https://salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
• https://bugs.debian.org/971904
• https://salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818

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