PT-2020-20734 · Adobe+1 · Helix+1

Jarlob + 1 · Published 2020-08-14 · Updated 2020-08-21 · CVE-2020-9708

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions mentioned

Description The issue arises from the resolveRepositoryPath function's failure to properly validate user input. This allows a malicious user to potentially traverse to any valid Git repository outside the repoRoot, leading to unauthorized access of private Git repositories if the malicious user knows or brute-forces the location of the repository.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-24

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9708

GHSA-CGJ4-X2HH-2X93

Affected Products

Helix

Git-Server

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9708 · Security Note
• https://github.com/adobe/git-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cgj4-x2hh-2x93 · Note