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CVE-2020-1948

9.8 · CRITICAL

This vulnerability can affect all Dubbo users stay on version 2.7.6 or lower.

Published Jul 14, 2020CWE-502EPSS 16.44%

Overview

CVE-2020-1948 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 14, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

This vulnerability can affect all Dubbo users stay on version 2.7.6 or lower. An attacker can send RPC requests with unrecognized service name or method name along with some malicious parameter payloads. When the malicious parameter is deserialized, it will execute some malicious code. More details can be found below.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Reflists.apache.org/thread.html/rbaa41711b3e7a8cd20e9013737423ddd079ddc12f90180f86e76523c%40%3Csecurity.dubbo.apache.org%3ERefnsfocusglobal.com/apache-dubbo-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-cve-2020-1948-threat-alert/Reflists.apache.org/thread.html/rbaa41711b3e7a8cd20e9013737423ddd079ddc12f90180f86e76523c%40%3Csecurity.dubbo.apache.org%3E

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1948?

CVE-2020-1948 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 14, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2020-1948?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-1948?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2020-1948?

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