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CVE-2020-12641

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-06-22 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2020-05-04
  • Fixed in1.4.4 · 1.3.11 · 1.2.10
  • WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-05-0415:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-06-22Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2023-06-22Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-06-22Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-0419:53SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Roundcube webmail
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.4≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.41.4.4
1.3≥ 1.3.0, < 1.3.111.3.11
1.2≥ 1.2.0, < 1.2.101.2.10
Opensuse leap
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.1= 15.1no fix published
15.2= 15.2no fix published
Opensuse backports sle
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.0= 15.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • roundcubeUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • roundcubeUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • roundcubeUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • roundcubeUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • roundcubeUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm2
  • roundcubeDebian:14all versions · fixed in 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1
  • roundcubeDebian:13all versions · fixed in 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1
  • roundcubeDebian:12all versions · fixed in 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1

9 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-12641 Red Hat Product Security

    roundcubemail: remote code execution via shell metacharacters in a configuration setting for im_convert_path or im_identify_path

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Roundcube webmail to 1.4.4 · 1.3.11 · 1.2.10
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2023-07-13

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedmbadanoiu/CVE-2020-12641mbadanoiu/MAL-004
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2023-06-22
Patch Due Date
2023-07-13
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-05-04
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q9jx-pp2v-v8xh

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12641?

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.

Is CVE-2020-12641 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-12641 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2023-07-13.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12641?

CVE-2020-12641 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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