CVE-2020-8910

Auth Bypass in Google's Closure-Library

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2020 at 11:38 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorClosure-Library

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

A URL parsing issue in goog.uri of the Google Closure Library versions up to and including v20200224 allows an attacker to send malicious URLs to be parsed by the library and return the wrong authority. Mitigation: update your library to version v20200315.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2020031520200224
Affected range stops below 20200315, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMGoogle
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-625NVD-CWE-noinfo

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