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CVE-2020-11690

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2020.1, the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Jetbrains — Intellij Idea

CWEs

References

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