High
Security advisory
In Etherpad UeberDB < 0.4.4, due to MySQL omitting trailing spaces on char / varchar columns during comparisons, retrieving database records using UeberDB's MySQL connector could allow bypassing access controls enforced on key names.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-22784
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Etherpad UeberDB < 0.4.4, due to MySQL omitting trailing spaces on char / varchar columns during comparisons, retrieving database records using UeberDB's MySQL connector could allow bypassing access controls enforced on key names.
osv:CVE-2020-22784
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:16.165755767Z",
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