What is CVE-2020-11936?

CVE-2020-11936 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Apport. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2025-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-11936?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Apport

CVE-2020-11936

gdbus setgid privilege escalation

Published 2025-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Apport — versions 0
Canonical Apport — versions 2.20.1-0ubuntu1, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1

References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1885633 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11936?: CVE-2020-11936 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Apport. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2025-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-11936?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.