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CVE-2020-1953
- Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
Apache Commons Configuration uses a third-party library to parse YAML files which by default allows the instantiation of classes if the YAML includes special statements. Apache Commons Configuration versions 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 did not change the default settings of this library. So if a YAML file was loaded from an untrusted source, it could therefore load and execute code out of the control of the host application.
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons Configuration: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
- Oracle Database: 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c
- Oracle Healthcare Foundation: 7.1.1, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d0e00f2e147a9e9b13a6829133092f349b2882bf6860397368a52600%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r16a2e949e35780c8974cf66104e812410f3904f752df6b66bf292269%40%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rde2186ad6ac0d6ed8d51af7509244adcf1ce0f9a3b7e1d1dd3b64676%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d0e00f2e147a9e9b13a6829133092f349b2882bf6860397368a52600%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r16a2e949e35780c8974cf66104e812410f3904f752df6b66bf292269%40%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rde2186ad6ac0d6ed8d51af7509244adcf1ce0f9a3b7e1d1dd3b64676%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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