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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-4089 json

HCL Notes is vulnerable to an information leakage vulnerability through its support for the 'mailto' protocol.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25336

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

HCL Notes is vulnerable to an information leakage vulnerability through its support for the 'mailto' protocol. This vulnerability could result in files from the user's filesystem or connected network filesystems being leaked to a third party. All versions of HCL Notes 9, 10 and 11 are affected.

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • HCL HCL Notes

References

Sources

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