CVE-2020-11979

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Published 2021-02-03 · Modified 2026-03-13
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Code injection in Apache Ant

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11979.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11979

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed1.10.9-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.10.9-1
debian debiansidfixed1.10.9-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.10.9-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.10.9-1
arch archfixed1.10.9-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.ant:ant<1.10.91.10.9

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.