{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941","details":"Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.","modified":"2026-05-20T16:04:09.344307111Z","published":"2020-08-17T13:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-13941"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13941"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13941"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-1","3.6.2+dfsg-2","3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2","3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"liblucene3-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"libsolr-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"solr-common","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4","binary_name":"solr-jetty"},{"binary_name":"solr-tomcat","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-7","3.6.2+dfsg-8","3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1","3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1","binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java"},{"binary_name":"liblucene3-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1","binary_name":"libsolr-java"},{"binary_name":"solr-common","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"solr-jetty","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1","binary_name":"solr-tomcat"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-10","3.6.2+dfsg-11","3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04","3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"liblucene3-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libsolr-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2","binary_name":"solr-common"},{"binary_name":"solr-jetty","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2","binary_name":"solr-tomcat"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-20","3.6.2+dfsg-22"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22","binary_name":"liblucene3-java"},{"binary_name":"libsolr-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22"},{"binary_name":"solr-common","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22","binary_name":"solr-jetty"},{"binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-22","binary_name":"solr-tomcat"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-24"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-24"},{"binary_name":"liblucene3-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-24"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lucene-solr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lucene-solr?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.6.2+dfsg-26"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblucene3-contrib-java","binary_version":"3.6.2+dfsg-26"},{"binary_version":"3.6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