CVE catalog

CVE-2020-27739

UBUNTU-

[CVE catalog]

A Weak Session Management vulnerability in Citadel WebCit through 926 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to hijack recently logged-in users' sessions. NOTE: this was reported to the vendor in a publicly archived "Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in WebCit 926" thread.

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.84% · Oct 27, 2026

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu20.04webcit917-dfsg-3Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu20.04webcit917-dfsg-4Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit904-dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit917-dfsg-1build1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit917-dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu16.04webcit9.01-dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Provider details and historical evidence
Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu16.04webcit9.01-dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit904-dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit917-dfsg-1build1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu18.04webcit917-dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu20.04webcit917-dfsg-3Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Ubuntu20.04webcit917-dfsg-4Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739]
Original provider fields
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  "fixed_versions": [],
  "distribution_packages": [
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      "distro": "ubuntu",
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "release": "16.04",
      "versions": [
        "9.01-dfsg-1"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "deb",
      "provider_url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739",
      "fixed_version": "",
      "provider_source": "pypi",
      "provider_record_id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739",
      "provider_updated_at": "2025-10-24T04:48:51Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "webcit",
      "distro": "ubuntu",
      "ranges": [
        {
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "release": "18.04",
      "versions": [
        "904-dfsg-1",
        "917-dfsg-1build1",
        "917-dfsg-2"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "deb",
      "provider_url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739",
      "fixed_version": "",
      "provider_source": "pypi",
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      "provider_updated_at": "2025-10-24T04:48:51Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "webcit",
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      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "release": "20.04",
      "versions": [
        "917-dfsg-3",
        "917-dfsg-4"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "deb",
      "provider_url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739",
      "fixed_version": "",
      "provider_source": "pypi",
      "provider_record_id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27739",
      "provider_updated_at": "2025-10-24T04:48:51Z"
    }
  ]
}

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