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CVE-2020-27978

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.85%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-10-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Java. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2020-27978
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.85%
Java

Original NVD Description

Shibboleth Identify Provider 3.x before 3.4.6 has a denial of service flaw. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a login flow to trigger Java heap exhaustion due to the creation of objects in the Java Servlet container session.

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