CVE-2020-8022User-writeable configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf allows for escalation of priviliges
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A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, 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 allows local attackers to escalate from group tomcat to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1.
- CVSS
- 7.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-276
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- suse
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 suse:enterprise_storage_5 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp2_bcl (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp2_ltss (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp3_bcl (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp3_ltss (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp4 (from the name) | from tomcat before 9.0.35-3.39.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 suse:linux_enterprise_server_12_sp5 (from the name) | from tomcat before 9.0.35-3.39.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS suse:linux_enterprise_server_15_ltss (from the name) | from tomcat before 9.0.35-3.57.3 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_12_sp2 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_12_sp3 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_15 (from the name) | from tomcat before 9.0.35-3.57.3 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 suse:openstack_cloud_7 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 suse:openstack_cloud_8 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 suse:openstack_cloud_crowbar_8 (from the name) | from tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 | CNA record |
apache tomcat apache:tomcat | before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; and 5 more ranges | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172405x-refsource-confirm
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00066.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf50d02409e5732c4ee37f19a193af171251a25a652599ce3c2bc69e7%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra87ec20a0f4b226c81c7eed27e5d7433ccdc41e61a8da408a45f0fa1%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5be80ba868a11a1f64e4922399f171b8619bca4bc2039f79cf913928%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393d4f431683e99c839b4aed68f720b8583bca6c35cd84adccaa02be%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
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