CVE-2020-37281: Gravitee Gravitee API Management

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Gravitee	Gravitee API Management pkg:github/gravitee-io/gravitee-api-management	affected 4.12.22 and earlier semver Other versions: unaffected

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.2	Critical	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
8.1	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0088, the 59th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2020-37281
NVD: CVE-2020-37281

References from the CNA

github.com/gravitee-io/issues/issues/4204 issue-tracking
github.com/gravitee-io/gravitee-api-management/blob/4.12.22/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-standalone/gravitee-apim-rest-api-standalone-distribution/src/main/resources/config/gravitee.yml#L636-L637 technical-description
github.com/gravitee-io/gravitee-api-management/blob/4.12.22/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-management/gravitee-apim-rest-api-management-security/src/main/java/io/gravitee/rest/api/management/security/config/BasicSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java#L157-L175 technical-description
github.com/gravitee-io/gravitee-api-management/blob/4.12.22/helm/values.yaml#L103 technical-description
github.com/gravitee-io/gravitee-docs/blob/master/pages/apim/3.x/how-tos/how-to-general-configuration.adoc technical-description
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gravitee-api-management-through-4.12.22-default-jwt-secret-authentication-bypass third-party-advisory

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