CVE catalog

CVE-2020-8024

hylafax: CVE-2020-8024

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Published: Jul 14, 2020, 4:27:24 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.54% · Oct 25, 2026

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.

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	hylafax	sid	`3:6.0.7-13`	not affected
Debian	hylafax	forky	`3:6.0.7-13`	not affected
Debian	hylafax	trixie	`3:6.0.7-11.1`	not affected
Debian	hylafax	bookworm	`3:6.0.7-5`	not affected
Opensuse	hylafax+	leap 15.1	`7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	hylafax	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	hylafax	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	hylafax	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	hylafax	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	hylafax+	rpm	leap 15.1	`7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0958-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[hylafax-client]Not affected
Source package: [hylafax]
Details (2)
- 3:6.0.7-5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
- 3:6.0.7-5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
[hylafax-client-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [hylafax]
Details (2)
- 3:6.0.7-5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
- 3:6.0.7-5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
[hylafax-server]Not affected
Source package: [hylafax]
Details (2)
- 3:6.0.7-5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
- 3:6.0.7-5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
[hylafax-server-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [hylafax]
Details (2)
- 3:6.0.7-5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm
- 3:6.0.7-5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · hylafax · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:53:18 PM UTC

References

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