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CVE-2019-17560

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

The "Apache NetBeans" autoupdate system does not validate SSL certificates and hostnames for https based downloads. This allows an attacker to intercept downloads of autoupdates and modify the download, potentially injecting malicious code. “Apache NetBeans" versions up to and including 11.2 are affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Apache NetBeans: through 11.2
• Oracle Corporation GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 19.3.2, 20.1.0

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r354d7654efa1050539fe56a3257696d1faeea4f3f9b633c29ec89609%40%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r354d7654efa1050539fe56a3257696d1faeea4f3f9b633c29ec89609%40%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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