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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13933

Apache Shiro before 1.6.0, when using Apache Shiro, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

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CVE-2020-13933
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1 Nov 2026, 05:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-13933

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Aug 2020, 21:15 UTC

Apache Shiro before 1.6.0, when using Apache Shiro, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

osv:CVE-2020-13933
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13933",
  "method": "structured",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9d93dfb5df016b1a71a808486bc8f9fbafebbdbc8533625f91253f1d%40%3Cdev.shiro.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea6d8560d6354d41433ad006069904f0ed083527aa348b5999261a7%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb47d88af224e396ee34ffb88ee99fb6d04510de5722cf14b7137e6bc%40%3Cdev.shiro.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5edf49cd1451475dbcf53826ba6ef1bb7872dd6493d6112eb0c2bad%40%3Cdev.shiro.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re25b8317b00a50272a7252c4552cf1a81a97984cc2111ef7728e48e0%40%3Cdev.shiro.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r539f87706094e79c5da0826030384373f0041068936912876856835f%40%3Cdev.shiro.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00002.html"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431168,
  "published_at": "2020-08-17T21:15:11.647+00:00"
}