GHSA-gf8c-vh34-8jv5

GHSA-gf8c-vh34-8jv5 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters, relevant in non-default configurations that enable Delivery Status Notification (DSN). Certain uses of ORCPT= can place a newline into a spool header file, and indirectly allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-gf8c-vh34-8jv5

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-gf8c-vh34-8jv5/fixes/registry"

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