THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-22083
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-22083

Jsonpickle vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
jsonpickle through 1.4.1 allows remote code execution during deserialization of a malicious payload through the decode() function. Note: It has been argued that this is expected and clearly documented behaviour. pickle is known to be capable of causing arbitrary code execution, and must not be used with un-trusted data
Affected vendor
Jsonpickle Project
Affected product
Jsonpickle
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2020-12-17

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 confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-22083

  • Confirm whether Jsonpickle Project Jsonpickle is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-22083.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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