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CVE-2020-27678

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.44% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-10-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2020-27678
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.44%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in illumos before 2020-10-22, as used in OmniOS before r151030by, r151032ay, and r151034y and SmartOS before 20201022. There is a buffer overflow in parse_user_name in lib/libpam/pam_framework.c.

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