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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-9301 · published 11 December 2020

CVE-2020-9301: Linuxfoundation spinnaker deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability

Linuxfoundation · Spinnaker

Nolan Ray from Apple Information Security identified a security vulnerability in Spinnaker, all versions prior to version 1.23.4, 1.22.4 or 1.21.5. The vulnerability exists within the handling of SpEL expressions that allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary files within the orca container via authenticated HTTP POST requests.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.5% · top 26.4% CWE-502 · Deserialization of untrusted data
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.5
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Nolan Ray from Apple Information Security identified a security vulnerability in Spinnaker, all versions prior to version 1.23.4, 1.22.4 or 1.21.5. The vulnerability exists within the handling of SpEL expressions that allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary files within the orca container via authenticated HTTP POST requests.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-9301), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.