`CVE-2020-2655` Oracle Java SE

Affected software	Oracle Java SE
Affected versions	Java SE: 11.0.5, 13.0.1
Severity	4.8 Medium CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed in	Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020
Published	15 Jan 2020
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 11.0.5 and 13.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
EPSS 3.6% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	RUB-NDS/CVE-2020-2655-DemoServer	4	2020-01-14

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

GitHub PoC

RUB-NDS/CVE-2020-2655-DemoServer

2020-01-14

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

4.8 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 4.8 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published

CVSS 3.0 4.8 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N secalert_us@oracle.com Secondary

CVSS 2.0 5.8 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	4.8	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 3.0	4.8	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`	secalert_us@oracle.com	Secondary
CVSS 2.0	5.8	none	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q1	Oracle Java SE / JSSE (Java SE: 11.0.5, 13.0.1) Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q1

Oracle Java SE / JSSE (Java SE: 11.0.5, 13.0.1)
Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs.

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Java SE	JSSE	Java SE: 11.0.5, 13.0.1	11.0.5.0 · 13.0.1.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Java SE

JSSE

Java SE: 11.0.5, 13.0.1

11.0.5.0 · 13.0.1.0

Products and versions

4 products, 9 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	debian	debian linux	generic	9.0 · 10.0
nvd	oracle	jdk	javase	11.0.5 · 13.0.1
nvd	oracle	jre	javase	11.0.5 · 13.0.1
nvd	redhat	enterprise linux	generic	6.0 · 7.0 · 8.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

debian

debian linux

generic

9.0 · 10.0

nvd

oracle

jdk

javase

11.0.5 · 13.0.1

nvd

oracle

jre

javase

11.0.5 · 13.0.1

nvd

redhat

enterprise linux

generic

6.0 · 7.0 · 8.0

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** HTTPS, SEE NOTE 1, NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT, JSSE **Products:** OPENJDK, JAVA SE, ORACLE JAVA SE

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0122	ADVISORY, RHSA-2020:0122
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2655	REPORT, RHSA-2020:0122
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0128	ADVISORY, RHSA-2020:0128
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0232	ADVISORY, RHSA-2020:0232
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00050.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/24	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4257-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4605	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2020-01-15	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2020-01-15

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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