CVE catalog

CVE-2020-28407

swtpm: CVE-2020-28407

Severity: High · CVSS 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Published: Nov 14, 2020, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.28% · Oct 25, 2026

In swtpm before 0.4.2 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1, a local attacker may be able to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack against a temporary file such as TMP2-00.permall.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	swtpm	sid	`0.10.2-2`	not affected
Debian	swtpm	forky	`0.10.2-2`	not affected
Debian	swtpm	trixie	`0.7.1-1.5`	not affected
Debian	swtpm	bookworm	`0.7.1-1.3`	not affected
Opensuse	swtpm	tumbleweed	`0.6.1-1.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	swtpm	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	swtpm	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	swtpm	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	swtpm	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	swtpm	rpm	tumbleweed	`0.6.1-1.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11416-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[swtpm-devel]Unknown
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (1)
- 0.10.2-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.6.1-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · swtpm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[swtpm-selinux]Unknown
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (1)
- 0.10.2-1.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.6.1-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · swtpm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[swtpm]Fixed
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (1)
- 0.10.2-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.6.1-1.1
  dsa · swtpm · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[swtpm]Not affected
Details (2)
- 0.7.1-1.3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
- 0.7.1-1.3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
[swtpm-dev]Not affected
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (2)
- 0.7.1-1.3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
- 0.7.1-1.3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
[swtpm-libs]Not affected
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (2)
- 0.7.1-1.3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
- 0.7.1-1.3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
[swtpm-tools]Not affected
Source package: [swtpm]
Details (2)
- 0.7.1-1.3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm
- 0.7.1-1.3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · swtpm · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:51:07 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]