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CVE-2020-22782

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Etherpad < 1.8.3 is affected by a denial of service in the import functionality. Upload of binary file to the import endpoint would crash the instance.

Affected products

• etherpad-lite: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: etherpad-lite 1.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3825
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3825

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