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CVE-2020-7247

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.98946
Risk score
59.63
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2020-01-29
Modified
2025-10-21
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2020-28374, GHSA-RCW6-69H3-89FH
Products
OpenBSD:OpenSMTPD, n/a:n/a n/a
Sources
cisa.gov CVE-2020-7247
euvd EUVD-2020-28374

Description

smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a MAIL FROM field. This affects the "uncommented" default configuration. The issue exists because of an incorrect return value upon failure of input validation.

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