Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-1957

critical

CVE-2020-1957

shiro: Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass

Published Modified
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Apache Shiro before 1.5.2, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-core1.5.2
debian 10shiro1.3.2-4+deb10u1
debian 11shiro1.3.2-4+deb11u1
debian 12shiro1.3.2-5
debian 13shiro1.3.2-5
debian 14shiro1.3.2-5
debian 8shiro1.2.3-1+deb8u1
debian 9shiro1.3.2-1+deb9u1
echoshiro1.3.2-5
Red Hatopendaylightno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04shiro1.3.2-3~18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMshiro1.3.2-3~18.04.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-core1.5.2
debian 10shiro1.3.2-4+deb10u1
debian 11shiro1.3.2-4+deb11u1
debian 12shiro1.3.2-5
debian 13shiro1.3.2-5
debian 14shiro1.3.2-5
debian 8shiro1.2.3-1+deb8u1
debian 9shiro1.3.2-1+deb9u1
echoshiro1.3.2-5
Red Hatopendaylightno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04shiro1.3.2-3~18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMshiro1.3.2-3~18.04.1
ubuntu 20.04shiro1.3.2-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMshiro1.3.2-4ubuntu0.1

References

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