CVE-2020-36559 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00478.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Aahframework	Aah

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aahframework:aah:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7748	Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.
Github GHSA	GHSA-vp56-r7qv-783v	ahh vulnerable to Path Traversal

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/go-aah/aah/commit/881dc9f71d1f7a4e8a9a39df9c5c081d3a2da1ec
https://github.com/go-aah/aah/issues/266
https://github.com/go-aah/aah/pull/267
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0033

History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2022-12-27T21:13:19.169Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T16:14:33.866Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T16:03:51.232Z

Link: CVE-2020-36559

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.397Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:11.500

Modified: 2025-04-11T17:15:34.003

Link: CVE-2020-36559

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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