Exposed dangerous method or function in NetBeans - CVE-2020-11986
Published: September 9, 2020 / Updated: September 15, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46516
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11986
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to Apache NetBeans immediately executed foreign scripts when opening a Gradle project. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted project, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
NetBeans
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11986
Install update from vendor's website.
NetBeans - update to 12.1