CVE DATABASE / CVE-2020-12641
CVE-2020-12641
Roundcube Webmail Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL
⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
On the CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2023-06-22.
Federal remediation due 2023-07-13.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a configuration setting for im_convert_path or im_identify_path.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Roundcube webmailOpensuse backports sleOpensuse leap
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00083.html
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-12641-Command%20Injection-Roundcube
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/fcfb099477f353373c34c8a65c9035b06b364db3
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.3...1.4.4
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.4
- https://roundcube.net/news/2020/04/29/security-updates-1.4.4-1.3.11-and-1.2.10
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-41
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-12641
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-11-04. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.