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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-1942

In Apache NiFi 0.0.1 to 1.11.0, the flow fingerprint factory generated flow fingerprints which included sensitive property descriptor values. In the event a node attempted to join a cluster and the cluster flow was not inheritable, the flow fingerprint of both the cluster and local flow was printed, potentially containing sensitive values in plaintext.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-1942

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Feb 2020, 21:15 UTC

In Apache NiFi 0.0.1 to 1.11.0, the flow fingerprint factory generated flow fingerprints which included sensitive property descriptor values. In the event a node attempted to join a cluster and the cluster flow was not inheritable, the flow fingerprint of both the cluster and local flow was printed, potentially containing sensitive values in plaintext.

osv:CVE-2020-1942
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1942",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-1942",
    "summary": "In Apache NiFi 0.0.1 to 1.11.0, the flow fingerprint factory generated flow fingerprints which included sensitive property descriptor values. In the event a node attempted to join a cluster and the cluster flow was not inheritable, the flow fingerprint of both the cluster and local flow was printed, potentially containing sensitive values in plaintext.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-1942",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-1942",
      "aliases": [
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        "CVE-2020-1942",
        "GHSA-7q8g-gpfp-v8gx"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/nifi",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "633408bce7ad34dad727ed9c4edfd36a224f3f12"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.0.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "rel/nifi-1.11.0",
            "nifi-1.11.0-RC3",
            "rel/nifi-1.2.0",
            "nifi-1.2.0-RC2",
            "docker/nifi-1.2.0",
            "rel/nifi-1.1.0",
            "nifi-1.1.0-RC2",
            "nifi-0.6.0-RC2",
            "nifi-0.6.0",
            "nifi-0.4.1-RC1",
            "nifi-0.4.1",
            "nifi-0.2.0-incubating-RC1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-1942.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.765860785Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2020-1942"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-1942",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439873,
  "published_at": "2020-02-11T21:15:11.113+00:00"
}