What is CVE-2019-20406?

CVE-2019-20406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-20406?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence

CVE-2019-20406

The usage of Tomcat in Confluence on the Microsoft Windows operating system before version 7.0.5, and from version 7.1.0 before version 7.1.1 allows local system attackers who have permission to write a DLL file in a directory in the globa…

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Atlassian Confluence
Atlassian Confluence Data Center — versions unspecified, 7.1.0, unspecified
Atlassian Confluence_server — versions 7.1.0
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security@atlassian.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20406?: CVE-2019-20406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-20406?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.