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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-1947

In Apache ShardingSphere(incubator) 4.0.0-RC3 and 4.0.0, the ShardingSphere's web console uses the SnakeYAML library for parsing YAML inputs to load datasource configuration. SnakeYAML allows to unmarshal data to a Java type By using the YAML tag. Unmarshalling untrusted data can lead to security flaws of RCE.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:09 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-1947

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Mar 2020, 21:15 UTC

In Apache ShardingSphere(incubator) 4.0.0-RC3 and 4.0.0, the ShardingSphere's web console uses the SnakeYAML library for parsing YAML inputs to load datasource configuration. SnakeYAML allows to unmarshal data to a Java type By using the YAML tag. Unmarshalling untrusted data can lead to security flaws of RCE.

osv:CVE-2020-1947
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1947",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-1947",
    "summary": "In Apache ShardingSphere(incubator) 4.0.0-RC3 and 4.0.0, the ShardingSphere's web console uses the SnakeYAML library for parsing YAML inputs to load datasource configuration. SnakeYAML allows to unmarshal data to a Java type By using the YAML tag. Unmarshalling untrusted data can lead to security flaws of RCE.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-1947",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        "CVE-2020-1947",
        "GHSA-v54f-xcmp-43cr"
      ],
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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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                }
              ],
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:shardingsphere:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-1947.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:35.892018100Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a61a24c119bd820da6fb02100d286f8aae55c8f9b94a346b9bb27d8%40%3Cdev.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-1947",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433858,
  "published_at": "2020-03-11T21:15:11.627+00:00"
}