CVE-2020-27746
mediumpriority · track · 15EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 exposes Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor because xauth for X11 magic cookies is affected by a race condition in a read operation on the /proc filesystem.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–4.3
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affected products (8)
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references (17)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27746cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170828/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4781-2.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/slurm-two-vulnerabilities-33969cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4176/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4484/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4537/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0202/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0322/cnnvd
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