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CVE-2019-20400
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-427
Description
The usage of Tomcat in Jira before version 8.5.2 allows local attackers with permission to write a dll file to a directory in the global path environmental variable can inject code into via a DLL hijacking vulnerability.
Affected products
- Atlassian Jira: from 8.3.2 before 8.5.2; from 8.5.3 before 8.6.0 — fixed in 8.5.2, 8.6.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Jira 8.5.2, 8.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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