No exploitation reported

CVE-2020-2816

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2020-04-15

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Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 11.0.6 and 14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Timeline

dates in UTC

2020-04-1514:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Java (Oracle JDK)

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.x	≥ 11, ≤ 11.0.6	no fix published	NVD
13.x	≥ 13, ≤ 13.0.2	no fix published	NVD
7.x	= 7	no fix published	NVD
8.x	= 8	no fix published	NVD
14.x	= 14	no fix published	NVD

Canonical ubuntu linux

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
16.4	= 16.04	no fix published	NVD
18.4	= 18.04	no fix published	NVD
19.10	= 19.10	no fix published	NVD

Java (Oracle JDK)

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.0	= 11.0.6	no fix published	NVD
14.0	= 14.0.0	no fix published	NVD

19 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

www.oracle.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-09-27
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.8 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published: 2020-04-15
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2816?

Is CVE-2020-2816 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-2816 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-2816?

CVE-2020-2816 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

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