File system access via H2 in Apache Ignite

CRITICAL 9.1CVE-2020-1963 · GHSA-5wm5-8q42-rhxg · Published 03/06/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-1963 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability affecting org.apache.ignite:ignite-core, ignite (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.0%, higher than 92.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.8.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.ignite:ignite-core Maven	`< 2.8.1`	`2.8.1`
ignite apache	`≤ 2.8.0`	No fix yet

Description

Apache Ignite uses H2 database to build SQL distributed execution engine. H2 provides SQL functions which could be used by attacker to access to a filesystem.

NVD description

Apache Ignite uses H2 database to build SQL distributed execution engine. H2 provides SQL functions which could be used by attacker to access to a filesystem.

References

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