What is CVE-2020-11689?

CVE-2020-11689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-11689?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity

CVE-2020-11689

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2019.2.1, a user without appropriate permissions was able to import settings from the settings.kts file.

Published 2020-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Teamcity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2020/04/22/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2020/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11689?: CVE-2020-11689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-11689?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.