CVE-2020-14718 Privilege escalation in GraalVM Enterprise Edition
High-privileged attackers can compromise GraalVM Enterprise Edition via network access, leading to full system takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14718?
CVE-2020-14718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Graalvm, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle GraalVM (component: JVMCI). Supported versions that are affected are 19.3.2 and 20.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14718?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Graalvm.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14718?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-14718 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14718 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q43-4596-jvg6.