CVE-2020-13846

Sylabs Singularity 3.5.0 through 3.5.3 fails to report an error in a Status Code.

Published: 2020-07-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-13846 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-13846

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.71% 0.37% -0.34%
2 2025-03-29 0.37% 0.71% +0.34%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-13846

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-13846

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-13846

GHSA-6w7g-p4jh-rf92 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — "Verify All" Returns Success Despite Validation Failures in Singularity

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-13846

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2020-13846: 1 source package rows (singularity); 7 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-13846
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-13846 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (singularity-container), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13846
ubuntu low CVE-2020-13846 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (singularity-container), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 10, needs-triage 4, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13846

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-13846

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sylabs singularity >= 3.5.0, <= 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:sylabs:singularity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-13846

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