# CVE-2020-8023

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2020-8023
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-349
- **Published:** Sep 1, 2020
- **Last Modified:** Mar 14, 2026

## Description

A acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability in the start script of openldap2 of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user ldap to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.

## Affected Products

- SUSE — SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY (openldap2-client-openssl1)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (openldap2)
- SUSE — SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (openldap2)
- openSUSE — openSUSE Leap 15.1 (openldap2)
- openSUSE — openSUSE Leap 15.2 (openldap2)

## References

- [CNA](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172698)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.06%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 19.0

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._