CVE-2020-36770

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Published Jan 15, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:ebuild_for_slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-24211	pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.373% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552

History

Jun 20, 2025 5:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-732
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

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Gentoo Ebuild For Slurm

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 4:50 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 15, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 4:50 PM
Reserved: Jan 15, 2024, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:37 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:37 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:16 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 15, 2024, 7:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:16 AM

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