Is com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel affected by CVE-2020-7961?

Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel is affected in <4.35.3.

Is CVE-2020-7961 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

critical exploited in the wild

CVE-2020-7961

Q: Is CVE-2020-7961 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

Maven · com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel

Summary

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal

Severity: critical
EPSS: 99.8% (p100)
Also known as: GHSA-w7pm-cc4v-f3g8
Published: 2022-05-24

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7961
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/7.2.1-ga2/portal-kernel/bnd.bnd

Related advisories

CVE-2025-3526 — high · Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel
CVE-2024-25607 — high · Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel
CVE-2025-43793 — medium · Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel
CVE-2025-43770 — medium · Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel

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