When was CVE-2020-36772 disclosed?

CVE-2020-36772 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 22, 2024, with the most recent update on May 30, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-36772 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-36772 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-36772?

CVE-2020-36772 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-36772?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-36772, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2020-36772

MEDIUMNVD 4.44.4—Elevated

4.4

CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.

CVSS v3: 4.4
EG Score: 4.4(medium)
EPSS: 7.2%
KEV: Not listed

References (8)

secalert@redhathttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176791/CloudLinux-CageFS-7.0.8-2-Insufficiently-Restricted-Proxy-Command.html
secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/25
secalert@redhathttps://blog.cloudlinux.com/lve-manager-lve-stats-lve-utils-and-alt-python27-cllib-have-been-rolled-out-to-100
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2020/SBA-ADV-20200707-02_CloudLinux_CageFS_Insufficiently_Restricted_Proxy_Commands
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176791/CloudLinux-CageFS-7.0.8-2-Insufficiently-Restricted-Proxy-Command.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/25
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.cloudlinux.com/lve-manager-lve-stats-lve-utils-and-alt-python27-cllib-have-been-rolled-out-to-100
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2020/SBA-ADV-20200707-02_CloudLinux_CageFS_Insufficiently_Restricted_Proxy_Commands

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