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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-17523

Apache Shiro before 1.7.1, when using Apache Shiro with Spring, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 85.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.9%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Apache Shiro before 1.7.1, when using Apache Shiro with Spring, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

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
85.91% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
apache/shiro
Source
security@apache.org
EPSS trend
0%45%90%26 October 2026: 85.91%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 85.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.