# CVE-2020-8275: Missing authorization in Citrix Secure Mail for Android

> An attacker with local code execution or a malicious app can read limited calendar data due to improper access control in Citrix Secure Mail for Android.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q23c-mjcp-8vj6

## What is CVE-2020-8275?

CVE-2020-8275 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Citrix Secure Mail for Android, published on 6 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Citrix Secure Mail for Android before 20.11.0 suffers from improper access control allowing unauthenticated access to read limited calendar related data stored within Secure Mail. Note that a malicious app would need to be installed on the Android device or a threat actor would need to execute arbitrary code on the Android device.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8275?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Citrix Secure Mail.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-8275?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-8275 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8275 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Citrix Secure Mail for Android

- [CVE-2020-8274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8274/): Code injection in Citrix Secure Mail for Android (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-8275 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-8275 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Citrix Secure Mail for Android, published on 6 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8275 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Citrix Secure Mail for Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8275/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8275/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8275
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8275
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8275

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8275/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.