CVE-2020-11986

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

To be able to analyze gradle projects, the build scripts need to be executed. Apache NetBeans follows this pattern. This causes the code of the build script to be invoked at load time of the project. Apache NetBeans up to and including 12.0 did not request consent from the user for the analysis of the project at load time. This in turn will run potentially malicious code, from an external source, without the consent of the user.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11986

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202009-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed12.0_u1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed12.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed12.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed12.1-1
debian debiansidfixed12.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed12.1-1

References

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