CVE-2018-20871

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-20871 · Published 30/07/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-20871 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting grid engine (univa).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
grid engine univa	`= 8.6.3`	No fix yet

Description

In Univa Grid Engine before 8.6.3, when configured for Docker jobs and execd spooling on root_squash, weak file permissions ("other" write access) occur in certain cases (GE-6890).

References

univa.com/resources/files/Release_Notes_Univa_Grid_Engine_8.6.6.pdf · Release Notes

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