---
id: CVE-2020-8022
title: >-
  A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on
  SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux
  Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE
  Linux…
summary: >-
  A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on
  SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux
  Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE
  Linux…
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-276
  - CWE-276
vendor: apache
product: tomcat
affected:
  - tomcat < 8.0.53-29.32.1
  - tomcat < 9.0.35-3.39.1
  - tomcat < 9.0.35-3.57.3
  - leap = 15.1
patched:
  - tomcat 9.0.35-3.57.3
published: '2020-06-29'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:17:03.607'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8022'
references:
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00066.html'
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172405'
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393d4f431683e99c839b4aed68f720b8583bca6c35cd84adccaa02be%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5be80ba868a11a1f64e4922399f171b8619bca4bc2039f79cf913928%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra87ec20a0f4b226c81c7eed27e5d7433ccdc41e61a8da408a45f0fa1%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf50d02409e5732c4ee37f19a193af171251a25a652599ce3c2bc69e7%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00066.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172405'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393d4f431683e99c839b4aed68f720b8583bca6c35cd84adccaa02be%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5be80ba868a11a1f64e4922399f171b8619bca4bc2039f79cf913928%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra87ec20a0f4b226c81c7eed27e5d7433ccdc41e61a8da408a45f0fa1%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf50d02409e5732c4ee37f19a193af171251a25a652599ce3c2bc69e7%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00857
epssPercentile: 0.57158
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T23:16:47.307Z'
---

## Overview

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 allows local attackers to escalate from group tomcat to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1.

## Affected

- `tomcat < 8.0.53-29.32.1`
- `tomcat < 9.0.35-3.39.1`
- `tomcat < 9.0.35-3.57.3`
- `leap = 15.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `tomcat 9.0.35-3.57.3`