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CVE-2020-7247

OS Command Injection — is CVE-2020-7247real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

Critical · CVSS 9.8EPSS 99.0%CISA KEVCWE-78 · OS Command Injection

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

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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Community real-world severity: Critical (Critical 3) — CVSS base score 9.8

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    Field note · Priya NairCurated

    Confirmed exploited in the wild — listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-03-25). Treat as real and prioritize patching over triage.

Same weaknessCWE-78 · OS Command Injection.