{"id":"CVE-2020-1946","details":"In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA version 3.4.5, users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.","modified":"2026-05-28T04:05:31.284403220Z","published":"2021-03-25T10:15:11.727Z","related":["ALSA-2021:4315","SUSE-SU-2021:1152-1","SUSE-SU-2021:1153-1","SUSE-SU-2021:1163-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:0551-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11395-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"9.0"},{"last_affected":"10.0"}],"vendor_product":"debian:debian_linux","source":"CPE_STRING","cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},{"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"32"},{"last_affected":"33"},{"last_affected":"34"}],"vendor_product":"fedoraproject:fedora","source":"CPE_STRING","cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7V2SBVTKVLFFT36ECJQ7TQ7KAQCQZDRZ/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFBFRIG5TX23NF4ND6OAKKY7I6TLRCCP/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKAXYBKBMQOLIW6UKASJCAZRBOIYS4RL/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://s.apache.org/3r1wh"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-26"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4879"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/spamassassin","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2fbb6afb2db659258b62dd1ffb9586849de88796"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.5"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["spamassassin_release_3_4_0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-1946.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}