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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-11986

To be able to analyze gradle projects, the build scripts need to be executed.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 9.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

To be able to analyze gradle projects, the build scripts need to be executed. Apache NetBeans follows this pattern. This causes the code of the build script to be invoked at load time of the project. Apache NetBeans up to and including 12.0 did not request consent from the user for the analysis of the project at load time. This in turn will run potentially malicious code, from an external source, without the consent of the user.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
9.93% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
apache/netbeans
Source
security@apache.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.