CVE-2020-27225

eclipse: Help Subsystem does not authenticate active help requests

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 9, 2021

Updated · February 26, 2026

Description

It was found that the Eclipse Platform does not authenticate requests to the Help subsystem on the local web server. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to disrupt the Eclipse user's session, potentially causing Eclipse to damage or disclose data owned by that user.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication