CVE-2020-22785

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    CVE-2020-22785

    Published: 28 Apr 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Etherpad < 1.8.3 is affected by a missing lock check which could cause a denial of service. Aggressively targeting random pad import endpoints with empty data would flatten all pads due to lack of rate limiting and missing ownership check.

    References: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -62101147a0c3495dc80daa87ab53a3366321a205

    Affected versions

    1.7.5
    1.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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