THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-13929
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-13929

Zeppelin vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin allows an attacker to bypass Zeppelin authentication mechanism to act as another user. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin Apache Zeppelin version 0.9.0 and prior versions.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Zeppelin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published
2021-09-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-13929

  • Confirm whether Apache Zeppelin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-13929.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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