{"id":"CVE-2020-9497","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9497","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:49:31.301Z","title":"If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, specially-craftedPDUs could result in disclosure of information within the memory ofthe guacd process handling the connection.","description":"Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older do not properly validate datareceived from RDP servers via static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, specially-craftedPDUs could result in disclosure of information within the memory ofthe guacd process handling the connection.","published":"2020-07-02T13:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:28:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["apache/guacamole","fedoraproject/fedora","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00792,"percentile":0.56138,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44525","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r066543f0565e97b27c0dfe27e93e8a387b99e1e35764000224ed96e7%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0946d1e7e6f125a6170b58d413ebd4a95157e4608041c7%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r181b1d5b1acb31cfa69f41b2c86ed3a2cb0b5bc09c2cbd31e9e7c847%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f071de70ea1facd3601e0fa894e6cadc960627ee7199437b5a56f7f%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r65f75d3d65d1af68141f42071ebb27dda24af3e45570e593c1dbd81f%40%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72a9571d666820b2fe5942a0a5f86be406fa31da3dd0922%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVV5K2X4EXSAVUUL7IJ3MUJ3ADWMVSBM/","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNS7UHBOFV6JHWH5XOEZTE3BREGRSSQ3/","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/apache-guacamole-rce/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44525","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r066543f0565e97b27c0dfe27e93e8a387b99e1e35764000224ed96e7%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0946d1e7e6f125a6170b58d413ebd4a95157e4608041c7%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r181b1d5b1acb31cfa69f41b2c86ed3a2cb0b5bc09c2cbd31e9e7c847%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f071de70ea1facd3601e0fa894e6cadc960627ee7199437b5a56f7f%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r65f75d3d65d1af68141f42071ebb27dda24af3e45570e593c1dbd81f%40%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72a9571d666820b2fe5942a0a5f86be406fa31da3dd0922%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVV5K2X4EXSAVUUL7IJ3MUJ3ADWMVSBM/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNS7UHBOFV6JHWH5XOEZTE3BREGRSSQ3/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/apache-guacamole-rce/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9497","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}