Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13847
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the singularity package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Sylabs Singularity 3.0 through 3.5 lacks support for an Integrity Check. Singularity's sign and verify commands do not sign metadata found in the global header or data object descriptors of a SIF file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | singularity | 3.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | singularity | 3.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | singularity | 3.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | singularity | 3.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | singularity | 3.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | singularity-container | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13847 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | singularity-container | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13847 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://medium.com/sylabs x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/security/advisories/GHSA-m7j2-9565-4h9v x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1011 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1037 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1100 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE