CVE-2020-26238

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.042 · 91 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.20% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
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3 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Cron-utils is a Java library to parse, validate, migrate crons as well as get human readable descriptions for them. In cron-utils before version 9.1.3, a template Injection vulnerability is present. This enables attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are affected. This issue was patched in version 9.1.3.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 5.8
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-74USCWE-74US
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affected products (3)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5Template injection in cron-utils2020-11-24ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact A Template Injection was identified in cron-utils enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Versions up to 9.1.2 are susceptible to this vulnerability. Please note, that only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are affected. ### Patches The issue was patched and a new version released. Please upgrade to version 9.1.3. ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds up to this moment. ### References A description of the issue is provided in [issue 461](https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/issues/461) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [cron-utils Github repository](https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils)

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-11-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (45)

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