Cron-utils is a Java library to parse, validate, migrate crons as well as get human readable descriptions for them. In cron-utils before version 9.1.3, a template Injection vulnerability is present. This enables attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are affected. This issue was patched in version 9.1.3.

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  - Cron-utils is a Java library to parse, validate, migrate crons as well as get human readable descriptions
    for them. In cron-utils before version 9.1.3, a template Injection vulnerability is present. This enables
    attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)
    vulnerability. Only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are
    affected. This issue was patched in version 9.1.3. (CVE-2020-26238)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
417481	SCA: security update for com.cronutils:cron-utils (GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
417481	SCA: security update for com.cronutils:cron-utils (GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2020-26238

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