CVE-2020-1964 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache Heron versions 0.20.2-incubating, 0.20.1-incubating, and v-0.20.0-incubating. The flaw stems from the YAML parser not preventing the instantiation of arbitrary types, leading to deserialization of untrusted data. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest and awareness among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20.0-incubatingCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:heron:0.20.0-incubating:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.20.1-incubatingCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:heron:0.20.1-incubating:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.20.2-incubatingCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:heron:0.20.2-incubating:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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