CVE-2020-1953: Improper Input Validation

March 13, 2020 (updated July 21, 2021)

Apache Commons Configuration uses a third-party library to parse YAML files which by default allows the instantiation of classes if the YAML includes special statements. If a YAML file was loaded from an untrusted source, it could therefore load and execute code out of the control of the host application.

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/rde2186ad6ac0d6ed8d51af7509244adcf1ce0f9a3b7e1d1dd3b64676@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1953

Code Behaviors & Features

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