Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2020-17521

Medium 5.5

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Modified

Description

Apache Groovy provides extension methods to aid with creating temporary directories. Prior to this fix, Groovy's implementation of those extension methods was using a now superseded Java JDK method call that is potentially not secure on some operating systems in some contexts. Users not using the extension methods mentioned in the advisory are not affected, but may wish to read the advisory for further details. Versions Affected: 2.0 to 2.4.20, 2.5.0 to 2.5.13, 3.0.0 to 3.0.6, and 4.0.0-alpha-1. Fixed in versions 2.4.21, 2.5.14, 3.0.7, 4.0.0-alpha-2.

Affected products

apache: groovy; netapp: snapcenter; oracle: agile engineering data management; oracle: agile plm mcad connector; oracle: agile product lifecycle management; oracle: business process management suite; oracle: communications brm - elastic charging engine; oracle: communications diameter signaling router; oracle: communications evolved communications application server; oracle: communications services gatekeeper; oracle: healthcare data repository; oracle: hospitality opera 5; oracle: ilearning; oracle: insurance policy administration; oracle: jd edwards enterpriseone orchestrator

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Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUM Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS — exploit probability
1% percentile: 64 · as of 11 November 2026

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