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kotlin — security advisory
In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.
- Products
- kotlin
- Affected versions
- 1.3.31+ds1-1build5, 1.3.31+ds1-1ubuntu1, 1.3.31+ds1-2, 1.3.31+ds1-3, 1.3.31+ds1-3ubuntu1, 1.3.31+ds1-4, 1.3.31+~1.0.1+~0.11.12-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-15824
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15824
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Complete source record
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