CVSS 3.1
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2020-13940
Medium (5.5) in apache nifi. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.apache.nifi:nifi 1.12.0-RC1.
In Apache NiFi 1.0.0 to 1.11.4, the notification service manager and various policy authorizer and user group provider objects allowed trusted administrators to inadvertently configure a potentially malicious XML file. The XML file has the ability to make external calls to services (via XXE).
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:nifi
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-q4xf-3pmq-3hw8 | Maven | org.apache.nifi:nifi | >=1.0.0 <1.12.0-RC1 | 1.12.0-RC1 |