Description
Directory traversal in Eclipse Mojarra before 2.3.14 allows attackers to read arbitrary files via the loc parameter or con parameter.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-activemq-artemis +15 | 2.9.0-4.redhat_00010.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-apache-cxf +3 | 3.3.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-bouncycastle +3 | 1.60.0-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-codehaus-jackson +4 | 1.9.13-10.redhat_00007.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-cryptacular | 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-dom4j | 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-elytron-web +1 | 1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-glassfish-jsf | 2.3.5-13.SP3_redhat_00011.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-hal-console | 3.0.23-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-hibernate +4 | 5.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-hibernate-validator +1 | 6.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-infinispan +8 | 9.4.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-ironjacamar +8 | 1.4.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jackson-core +9 | 2.10.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jackson-databind | 2.9.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jaegertracing-jaeger-client-java +2 | 0.34.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jakarta-el | 3.0.3-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jandex | 2.1.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jasypt | 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-ejb-client | 4.0.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-genericjms | 2.0.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-jsf-api_2.3_spec | 2.3.5-7.SP2_redhat_00005.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-logmanager | 2.1.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-modules | 1.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-remoting | 5.0.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-remoting-jmx | 3.0.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-server-migration +23 | 1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.3-server +6 | 1.7.1-5.Final_redhat_00006.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-vfs | 3.2.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-weld-3.1-api +2 | 3.1.0-6.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-jboss-xnio-base | 3.7.6-4.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-microprofile-config +1 | 1.4.0-1.redhat_00003.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-microprofile-health | 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-microprofile-metrics +1 | 2.3.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-microprofile-opentracing +1 | 1.3.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-microprofile-rest-client +1 | 1.4.0-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-opensaml +13 | 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-picketbox +1 | 5.0.3-7.Final_redhat_00006.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-picketlink-bindings +1 | 2.5.5-23.SP12_redhat_00012.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-resteasy +19 | 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-slf4j-jboss-logmanager | 1.0.4-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-smallrye-config | 1.6.2-3.redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-smallrye-health | 2.2.0-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-smallrye-metrics | 2.4.0-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-smallrye-opentracing | 1.3.4-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-snakeyaml | 1.24.0-2.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-stax2-api | 4.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-sun-istack-commons +2 | 3.0.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-txw2 +8 | 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-undertow | 2.0.30-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-weld-ejb +6 | 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly +2 | 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-elytron | 1.6.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool | 1.10.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-http-client +4 | 1.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8 +1 | 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap | RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:2512 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-naming-client | 1.0.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wildfly-transaction-client | 1.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-woodstox-core | 6.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | eap7-wss4j +6 | 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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TheLonelyCoder/mojarra-2.2.13-patched ★ 0 · Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2020-6950 backport for legacy Mojarra 2.2.13
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Eclipse Mojarra - Local File Read http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-6950.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.glassfish:mojarra-parent | < 2.3.14 | 2.3.14 | GHSA-rpq8-mmwh-q9hm |
Advisories 10
- RHSA-2020:3639 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.9 on RHEL 8 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:3638 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.9 on RHEL 7 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:3637 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.9 on RHEL 6 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2512 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2513 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2511 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- WID-SEC-2022-2050 Red Hat JBoss Application Server (JBoss): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 8, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-0180 Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jan 20, 2026
- WID-SEC-2023-1016 Oracle Fusion Middleware: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Dec 26, 2023
- WID-SEC-2023-2946 Oracle Fusion Middleware: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 16, 2023
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/issues/4571
- https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/commit/cefbb9447e7be560e59da2da6bd7cb93776f7741
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=550943
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html