CVE-2020-9497
Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older do not properly validate datareceived from RDP servers via static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, specially-craftedPDUs
02 Description
Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older do not properly validate datareceived from RDP servers via static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, specially-craftedPDUs
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-02 12:30Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 10:34Z2 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8b44058a752b01c874863fae093f7da5834160c61d41a941ed2899da7520029a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r65f75d3d65d1af68141f42071ebb27dda24af3e45570e593c1dbd81f%40%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20200701 [SECURITY] CVE-2020-9497: Apache Guacamole: Improper input validation of RDP static virtual channelshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f071de70ea1facd3601e0fa894e6cadc960627ee7199437b5a56f7f%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[guacamole-user] 20200703 Re: [SECURITY] CVE-2020-9497: Apache Guacamole: Improper input validation of RDP static virtual channelshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r066543f0565e97b27c0dfe27e93e8a387b99e1e35764000224ed96e7%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[guacamole-user] 20200703 RE: [SECURITY] CVE-2020-9497: Apache Guacamole: Improper input validation of RDP static virtual channelshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r181b1d5b1acb31cfa69f41b2c86ed3a2cb0b5bc09c2cbd31e9e7c847%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- research.checkpoint.comhttps://research.checkpoint.com/2020/apache-guacamole-rce/
- kb.pulsesecure.nethttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44525
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201106 [SECURITY] [DLA 2435-1] guacamole-server security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00010.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-bfde0ab889https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVV5K2X4EXSAVUUL7IJ3MUJ3ADWMVSBM/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-640645e518https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNS7UHBOFV6JHWH5XOEZTE3BREGRSSQ3/
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20210125 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72a9571d666820b2fe5942a0a5f86be406fa31da3dd0922%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20210223 Re: Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0946d1e7e6f125a6170b58d413ebd4a95157e4608041c7%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- guacamole-server Fixed in 1.3.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- guacamole-client No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- guacamole-client No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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