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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11997

Apache Guacamole 1.2.0 and earlier do not consistently restrict access to connection history based on user visibility. If multiple users share access to the same connection, those users may be able to see which other users have accessed that connection, as well as the IP addresses from which that connection was accessed, even if those users do not otherwise have permission to see other users.

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CVE-2020-11997
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1 Nov 2026, 06:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-11997

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jan 2021, 22:15 UTC

Apache Guacamole 1.2.0 and earlier do not consistently restrict access to connection history based on user visibility. If multiple users share access to the same connection, those users may be able to see which other users have accessed that connection, as well as the IP addresses from which that connection was accessed, even if those users do not otherwise have permission to see other users.

osv:CVE-2020-11997
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11997",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-11997",
    "summary": "Apache Guacamole 1.2.0 and earlier do not consistently restrict access to connection history based on user visibility. If multiple users share access to the same connection, those users may be able to see which other users have accessed that connection, as well as the IP addresses from which that connection was accessed, even if those users do not otherwise have permission to see other users.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11997",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-11997",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-guacamole-2020-11997",
        "BIT-guacamole-server-2020-11997",
        "CVE-2020-11997"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6042222d44d3b501defaff3d51be442fae710f06"
                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:guacamole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "last_affected": "1.2.0"
                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "0.9.5",
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            "0.9.3",
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            "0.9.1",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-11997.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:35.843712036Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1a9ae9d1608c9f846875c4191cd738f95543d1be06b52dc1320e8117%40%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3E"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-11997",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433840,
  "published_at": "2021-01-19T22:15:12.317+00:00"
}