What is CVE-2020-7907?

CVE-2020-7907 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Scala, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-7907?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Scala

CVE-2020-7907

In the JetBrains Scala plugin before 2019.2.1, some artefact dependencies were resolved over unencrypted connections.

Published 2020-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Scala

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

blog.jetbrains.com (Vendor Advisory)
blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2020/01/24/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q4-2019/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7907?: CVE-2020-7907 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Scala, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-7907?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.