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CVE-2020-22083

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-22083 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting jsonpickle versions up to 1.4.1. It allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by deserializing a malicious payload using the decode() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jsonpickle_project:jsonpickle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0610 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-j66q-qmrc-89rxcritical

jsonpickle unsafe deserialization

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-22083

python-jsonpickle: deserialization of a malicious payload in the decode function can lead to RCE

Dec 17, 2020

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2020-22083
Third Party Advisory
gist.github.com / j0lt-github/bb543e77a1a10c33cb56cf23d0837874
Third Party Advisory
github.com / j0lt-github/python-deserialization-attack-payload-generator
Third Party Advisory
github.com / jsonpickle/jsonpickle/issues/332
Third Party Advisory
github.com / jsonpickle/jsonpickle/issues/332
Third Party Advisory
versprite.com / blog/application-security/into-the-jar-jsonpickle-exploitation
ExploitThird Party Advisory