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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-20136

QuantConnect Lean versions from 2.3.0.0 to 2.4.0.1 are affected by an insecure deserialization vulnerability due to insecure configuration of TypeNameHandling property in Json.NET library.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:58 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-20136

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Dec 2020, 19:15 UTC

QuantConnect Lean versions from 2.3.0.0 to 2.4.0.1 are affected by an insecure deserialization vulnerability due to insecure configuration of TypeNameHandling property in Json.NET library.

osv:CVE-2020-20136
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "QuantConnect Lean versions from 2.3.0.0 to 2.4.0.1 are affected by an insecure deserialization vulnerability due to insecure configuration of TypeNameHandling property in Json.NET library.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-20136",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                },
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:15.160820563Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/issues/3537"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383499,
  "published_at": "2020-12-14T19:15:12.613+00:00"
}