CVE-2018-11781

spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 17, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the way a local user on the SpamAssassin server could inject code in the meta rule syntax. This could cause the arbitrary code execution on the server when these rules are being processed.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')