Critical
gridengine — security advisory
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).
- Products
- gridengine
- Affected versions
- 6.2u5-7.3, 6.2u5-7.4, 8.1.9+dfsg-10, 8.1.9+dfsg-10build1, 8.1.9+dfsg-11, 8.1.9+dfsg-11build2, 8.1.9+dfsg-11build3, 8.1.9+dfsg-12, 8.1.9+dfsg-13.1, 8.1.9+dfsg-13.2, 8.1.9+dfsg-13.2build1, 8.1.9+dfsg-13.2ubuntu1, 8.1.9+dfsg-5, 8.1.9+dfsg-7build1, 8.1.9+dfsg-9build1, 8.1.9+dfsg-9build2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20871
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
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Complete source record
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