CVE-2020-11987

Publication date 24 February 2021

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Apache Batik 1.13 is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the NodePickerPanel. By using a specially-crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying server to make arbitrary GET requests.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
batik	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.12-1ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.10-2~18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8-3ubuntu1+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.3+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.2 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6117-1
Apache Batik vulnerabilities
30 May 2023