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CVE-2020-24164

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

A deserialization flaw is present in Taoensso Nippy before 2.14.2. In some circumstances, it is possible for an attacker to create a malicious payload that, when deserialized, will allow arbitrary code to be executed. This occurs because there is automatic use of the Java Serializable interface.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Taoensso — Nippy

CWEs

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