PT-2021-12074 · Unknown · Httpengine

Snyff · Published 2021-04-14 · Updated 2025-04-11 · CVE-2020-36559

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: HTTPEngine (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue arises from improper sanitization of user input in HTTPEngine.Handle, allowing directory traversal. This enables an attacker to read files outside the target directory, provided the server has the necessary permissions to access those files.

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

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36559

GHSA-VP56-R7QV-783V

GO-2020-0033

Affected Products

Httpengine

References · 13

• https://github.com/go-aah/aah/commit/881dc9f71d1f7a4e8a9a39df9c5c081d3a2da1ec · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2020-0033 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vp56-r7qv-783v · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36559 · Security Note
• https://github.com/go-aah/aah/pull/267 · Note
• https://github.com/go-aah/aah · Note
• https://github.com/go-aah/aah/issues/266 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/40835 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/55457 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118916 · Telegram Post
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0033 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/41405 · Telegram Post