Critical
Security advisory
Apache Shiro before 1.5.3, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-11989
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache Shiro before 1.5.3, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.
osv:CVE-2020-11989
Complete source record
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