CVE-2020-17519

Summary

CVECVE-2020-17519
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-05 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA change introduced in Apache Flink 1.11.0 (and released in 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 as well) allows attackers to read any file on the local filesystem of the JobManager through the REST interface of the JobManager process. Access is restricted to files accessible by the JobManager process. All users should upgrade to Flink 1.11.3 or 1.12.0 if their Flink instance(s) are exposed. The issue was fixed in commit b561010b0ee741543c3953306037f00d7a9f0801 from apache/flink:master.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.978560000 probability, percentile 0.999010000 (date 2026-07-12)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-05-23; due 2024-06-13; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-552

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApache
ProductFlink
NameApache Flink Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
NotesThis vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://lists.apache.org/thread/typ0h03zyfrzjqlnb7plh64df1g2383d; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17519

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Flink All All All All

References

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oss-security - [CVE-2020-17519] Apache Flink directory traversal attack: reading remote files through the REST API MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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Apache Flink 1.11.0 Arbitrary File Read / Directory Traversal ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: 0rich1 of Ant Security FG Lab

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730426 Apache Flink Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
  • 982928 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.flink:flink-runtime_2.12 (GHSA-395w-qhqr-9fr6)
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