Security advisory

{
  "id": "4dc24627c1d3379eb087b56cb28a0362543fcc68510169971191e452b306038b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13941",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13941",
    "summary": "Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13941",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-13941",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-solr-2020-13941",
        "CVE-2020-13941",
        "GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a9c5fb0da2dfc8c7375622c80dbf1a0cc26f44dc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.6.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "history/branches/lucene-solr/lucene-6997",
            "grafts/lucene-solr-copy",
            "grafts/lucene-solr-oldest-merged",
            "grafts/lucene-oldest"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13941.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/solr",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a9c5fb0da2dfc8c7375622c80dbf1a0cc26f44dc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.6.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "history/branches/lucene-solr/jira/solr14593",
            "history/branches/lucene-solr/lucene-6997",
            "grafts/lucene-solr-copy",
            "grafts/lucene-solr-oldest-merged",
            "grafts/lucene-oldest"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13941.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.963964034Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be%40%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8%40%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-13941",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434104,
  "published_at": "2020-08-17T13:15:12.037+00:00"
}