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CVE-2020-16971
Azure SDK for Java Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
High7.4EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Azure SDK for Java Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
- Elevation of Privilege
Affected products
- affected 1.0.0 – < 1.6.0
Microsoft · Azure SDK for Java
- affected 1.0.0 – < publication
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.azure:azure-core-amqpGHSA-8q69-pw39-hpqh (opens in a new tab)
- Mavencom.microsoft.azure:azure-eventhubsGHSA-8q69-pw39-hpqh (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- Azure SDK for Java Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16971 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8q69-pw39-hpqh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-16971)Record last updated .