CVE-2020-1940The optional initial password change and password expiration features present in Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.0 to 1.22.0 are prone to a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The optional initial password change and password expiration features present in Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.0 to 1.22.0 are prone to a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability. The code mandates the changed password to be passed as an additional attribute to the credentials object but does not remove it upon processing during the first phase of the authentication. In combination with additional, independent authentication mechanisms, this may lead to the new password being disclosed.
Timeline
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By apache
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Jackrabbit Oak
- affected 1.2.0 to 1.22.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.jackrabbit:oak-coreGHSA-3h68-wvv6-8r5h (opens in a new tab)
References
References12
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccc0ed467faa35734ea16b8f5de5603e708936c41a4eddd90fddeaf0%40%3Cusers.jackrabbit.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-announce] 20200128 CVE-2020-1940: Apache Jackrabbit Oak sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200128 CVE-2020-1940: Apache Jackrabbit Oak sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-commits] 20200129 svn commit: r1873288 - /jackrabbit/site/trunk/src/site/markdown/index.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-commits] 20200129 svn commit: r1873291 - /jackrabbit/site/trunk/src/site/markdown/index.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-commits] 20200129 svn commit: r1873296 [3/3] - in /jackrabbit/site/live/oak/docs: ./ architecture/ coldstandby/ features/ nodestore/ nodestore/document/ nodestore/segment/ oak-mongo-js/ oak_api/ plugins/ query/ security/ security/accesscontrol/ security/authentication/ ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-oak-commits] 20200129 svn commit: r1873295 - in /jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/security: overview.md reports.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-oak-commits] 20200129 svn commit: r1873303 - /jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/security/reports.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-oak-commits] 20200205 svn commit: r1873622 - /jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/security/reports.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-commits] 20200206 svn commit: r1873705 [4/5] - in /jackrabbit/site/live/oak/docs: ./ META-INF/ architecture/ coldstandby/ features/ nodestore/ nodestore/document/ nodestore/segment/ oak_api/ plugins/ query/ security/ security/accesscontrol/ security/authentication/ secu... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-oak-commits] 20200221 svn commit: r1874301 - /jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/security/reports.md (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jackrabbit-commits] 20200227 svn commit: r1874583 [4/4] - in /jackrabbit/site/live/oak/docs: ./ architecture/ coldstandby/ features/ nodestore/ nodestore/document/ nodestore/segment/ oak-mongo-js/ oak_api/ plugins/ query/ security/ security/accesscontrol/ security/authentication/ ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-2430 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3h68-wvv6-8r5h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-1940)Record last updated .