CVE-2020-2802 Denial of service in GraalVM Enterprise Edition

High 7.7 Published 15 Apr 2020 Updated 30 Sep 2024

A low-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition via network access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-2802?

CVE-2020-2802 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Graalvm, published on 15 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle GraalVM (component: GraalVM Compiler). Supported versions that are affected are 19.3.1 and 20.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. While the vulnerability is in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2802?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Graalvm.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-2802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-2802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x63-mggh-9qxw.