What is CVE-2020-8025?

CVE-2020-8025 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap 15.1, classified under Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-8025?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Leap 15.1

CVE-2020-8025

A Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability in the permissions package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed sets the permissions for some of the directories of the pcp package to unintended settings. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 permissions versions prior to 20170707-3.24.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 permissions versions prior to 20181116-lp151.4.24.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed permissions versions prior to 20200624.

Published 2020-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Leap 15.1 — versions permissions
openSUSE Tumbleweed — versions permissions
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing — versions 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-Sp4 — versions permissions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-Ltss — versions permissions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For SAP 15 — versions permissions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-279 — Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8025?: CVE-2020-8025 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap 15.1, classified under Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-8025?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.