CVE-2020-1722
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
How to fix CVE-2020-1722
To remediate CVE-2020-1722, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.8.8-2 or later
Is CVE-2020-1722 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.8.8-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |