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CVE-2020-9491

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9491 affects Apache NiFi versions 1.2.0 through 1.11.4, where intracluster communications (e.g., cluster request replication, Site-to-Site, load balanced queues) continued to support outdated TLS v1.0 or v1.1 protocols, despite the UI and API mandating TLS v1.2. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.nifi:nifiFixed in: 1.12.0-RC1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-rfmp-jvr7-hx78high

Inadequate Encryption Strength in Apache NiFi

Jan 6, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r2d9c21f9ec35d66f2bb42f8abe876dabd786166b6284e9a33582c718%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re48582efe2ac973f8cff55c8b346825cb491c71935e15ab2d61ef3bf%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
nifi.apache.org / security
Vendor Advisory