What is CVE-2020-8032?

CVE-2020-8032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Cyrus-Sasl, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-8032?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Cyrus-Sasl

CVE-2020-8032

A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in the packaging of cyrus-sasl of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cyrus-sasl version 2.1.27-4.2 and prior versions.

Published 2021-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Cyrus-Sasl
openSUSE Factory — versions cyrus-sasl

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary File

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8032?: CVE-2020-8032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Cyrus-Sasl, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-8032?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.