CVE-2020-9490

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

88.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-08-07 15:24Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-01

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-444Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')Base
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a14c44145f51094ca9df10677756d285889c73836ca10e45b6b78723bf90ce56

• httpd.apache.orghttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2020-9490x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-04vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.apache.org[httpd-dev] 20200808 Security announcements for CVE-2020-9490/CVE-2020-11993 ?https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e9f1a7609760f0f80562eaaec2aa3c32d525c3e0fca98b475240c71%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-dev] 20200811 Which version fixed the CVE-2020-9490, CVE-2020-11984 and CVE-2020-11993 vulnerabilities?https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5debe8f82728a00a4a68bc904dd6c35423bdfc8d601cfb4579f38bf1%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-dev] 20200811 Re: Which version fixed the CVE-2020-9490, CVE-2020-11984 and CVE-2020-11993 vulnerabilities?https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r623de9b2b2433a87f3f3a15900419fc9c00c77b26936dfea4060f672%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4458-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4458-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-8122a8daa2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4NKWG2EXAQQB6LMLATKZ7KLSRGCSHVAN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-b58dc5df38https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITVFDBVM6E3JF3O7RYLRPRCH3RDRHJJY/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1285http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00068.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1293http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00071.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-4757https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4757vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0005/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1792http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00081.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160392/Apache-2.4.43-mod_http2-Memory-Corruption.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073143 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [13/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r09bb998baee74a2c316446bd1a41ae7f8d7049d09d9ff991471e8775%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [13/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf3e5d0a5f5c3d90d6013bccc6c4d5af59cf1f8c8dea5d9a283d13ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888203 - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/CVE-2020-9490.jsonhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r97d0faab6ed8fd0d439234b16d05d77b22a07b0c4817e7b3cca419cc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073148 - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-9490.jsonhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra4da876037477c06f2677d7a1e10b5a8613000fca99c813958070fe9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210407 svn commit: r1073454 - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-9490.json security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e485ce5a01c9dc3d4d785a7d28aa7400ead1e81884034ff1f03cfee%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210407 svn commit: r1888469 - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/CVE-2020-9490.jsonhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0b6541c5fb2f8fb383861333400add7def625bc993300300de0b4f8d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210603 svn commit: r1075355 - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfed9fea918e090383da33e393eb6c2755fccf05032bd7d6eb4737c9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST