Code injection in Apache Ant
As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so that only the current user was allowed to access them. Unfortunately the fixcrlf task deleted the temporary file and created a new one without said protection, effectively nullifying the effort. This would still allow an attacker to inject modified source files into the build process.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.ant:ant | < 1.10.9 | 1.10.9 |
References
- https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-j45w-qrgf-25vm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11979
- https://github.com/apache/ant/commit/87ac51d3c22bcf7cfd0dc07cb0bd04a496e0d428
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-18
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3NRQQ7ECII4ZNGW7GBC225LVYMPQEKB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYBRN5C2RW7JRY75IB7Q7ZVKZCHWAQWS
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AALW42FWNQ35F7KB3JVRC6NBVV7AAYYI
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3c8ef9724b5b1e171529b47f4b35cb7920edfb6e917fa21eb6c64ea%40%3Cdev.ant.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbfe9ba28b74f39f46ec1bbbac3bef313f35017cf3aac13841a84483a@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raaeddc41da8f3afb1cb224876084a45f68e437a0afd9889a707e4b0c@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e1cdd79f019162f76414708b2092acad0a6703d666d72d717319305@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ca33fad3fb39d130cda287d5a60727d9e706e6f2cf2339b95729490@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2306b67f20c24942b872b0a41fbdc9330e8467388158bcd19c1094e0@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1dc8518dc99c42ecca5ff82d0d2de64cd5d3a4fa691eb9ee0304781e@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r107ea1b1a7a214bc72fe1a04207546ccef542146ae22952e1013b5cc@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/ant
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74, CWE-94- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.ant:ant- Disclosed
- 03.02.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f62v-xpxf-3v68 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.ant:ant
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 4
- First → latest
- 09.2020 08.2021
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 1
- Medium 3
Disclosures per year
- 2020: 1
- 2021: 3
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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