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CVE-2020-11690:
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before version 2020.1, a high-severity vulnerability was identified where the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases (JetBrains Blog, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2020-11690 and received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The CVSS v2.0 Base Score is 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (NVD).
Impact
Given the CRITICAL severity rating and CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to compromise the license server authentication mechanism, potentially leading to unauthorized access and system compromise (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires network access but has low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit, as indicated by the CVSS vector string (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in IntelliJ IDEA version 2020.1. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (JetBrains Blog).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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