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CVE-2020-20136

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

QuantConnect Lean versions from 2.3.0.0 to 2.4.0.1 are affected by an insecure deserialization vulnerability due to insecure configuration of TypeNameHandling property in Json.NET library.

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)

Quantconnect — Lean

CWEs

References

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