CVE-2020-36227

HIGHNVD 7.58.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 8.8 because EPSS predicted 77% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction (continuous uplift above 30%)
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2020-23772 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-6w5v-vmwv-xcwj (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 77%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 77%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with the cancel_extop Cancel operation, resulting in denial of service.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
8.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity75% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation77% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
77%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.8 is EPSS's lift toward 9.0 from its impact severity (EG Severity, CVSS 7.5 HIGH): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.

EG Severity
7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
77% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

January 26, 2021

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-2 macOS Big Sur 11.4

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70
Web page

About the security content of Security Update 2021-003 Catalina - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212530
Web page

About the security content of Security Update 2021-004 Mojave - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212531
Web page

About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.4 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212529
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 2544-1] openldap security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.html
Web page

ITS#9428 fix cancel exop (9d0e8485) · Commits · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab

https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/9d0e8485f3113505743baabf1167e01e4558ccf5
Web page

9428 – DoS due to infinite packet processing in slapd

https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9428
Web page

OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57 · Tags · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab

https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuslapd-smbk5pwd (2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm7) @ trusty2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntuslapd-smbk5pwd (2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.12) @ xenial2026-10-28ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(18 across 18 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57-r0: fixed in 2.4.57-r0
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Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap2.4.47+dfsg-3 ... 2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u4 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u5: fixed in 2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u5
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57+dfsg-1: fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57+dfsg-1: fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57+dfsg-1: fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap—
  • every version up to 2.4.57+dfsg-1: fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
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Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openldap2.4.44+dfsg-5 ... 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u6 (8 versions)
  • every version up to 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u7: fixed in 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u7
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 90 of 115 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 10 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 25 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  3. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-28 07:23 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-28 07:23 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-28 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6w5v-vmwv-xcwj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  8. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  9. 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  10. 2026-10-25 18:43 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  13. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  15. 2026-10-21 11:50 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-21 11:50 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-21 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6w5v-vmwv-xcwj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  18. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-10-18 09:22 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  22. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-14 10:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6w5v-vmwv-xcwj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  24. 2026-10-14 09:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-14 09:50 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-14 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6w5v-vmwv-xcwj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  2. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  3. 2026-10-12 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-11 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-10-09 20:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-10-07 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-10-06 15:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  9. 2026-09-30 15:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-09-29 15:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-09-27 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 77% · 99th percentile
  13. 2026-09-26 15:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-09-26 12:55 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-09-24 14:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  16. 2026-09-22 14:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  17. 2026-09-21 20:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  18. 2026-09-18 19:23 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-09-16 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-09-13 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  22. 2026-09-12 14:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-09-11 09:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-09-06 23:31 UTCOSV refresh
  25. 2026-09-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  26. 2026-09-05 15:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  27. 2026-09-04 05:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  28. 2026-08-30 19:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  29. 2026-08-26 14:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  30. 2026-08-21 23:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  31. 2026-08-20 22:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  32. 2026-08-20 09:31 UTCOSV refresh
  33. 2026-08-19 17:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  34. 2026-08-16 02:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  35. 2026-08-15 01:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  36. 2026-08-13 21:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  37. 2026-08-12 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  38. 2026-08-08 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  39. 2026-08-05 04:41 UTCOSV refresh
  40. 2026-08-04 10:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-08-01 04:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  42. 2026-07-30 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  43. 2026-07-26 14:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  44. 2026-07-25 14:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  45. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  46. 2026-07-23 01:53 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.30
  47. 2026-07-22 22:39 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  49. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  51. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  52. 2026-07-19 03:22 UTCOSV refresh
  53. 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  54. 2026-07-13 22:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  55. 2026-07-12 05:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  56. 2026-07-09 19:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  57. 2026-07-07 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  58. 2026-07-06 02:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  59. 2026-07-04 06:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  60. 2026-07-01 09:48 UTCOSV refresh
  61. 2026-06-30 23:20 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  62. 2026-06-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
  63. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 78% · 99th percentile
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-36227?
CVE-2020-36227 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 26, 2021. A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with the cancel_extop Cancel operation, resulting in denial of service.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2020-36227 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2020-36227 was published on January 26, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2020-36227 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-36227 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-36227?
CVE-2020-36227 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.8 (HIGH).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-36227?
A fix for CVE-2020-36227 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2020-36227 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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