CVE-2020-14352

moderate-risk
Published 2020-08-30

A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker controlling a remote repository may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. This flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. The highest threat from this flaw is to users that make use of untrusted third-party repositories.

Do I need to act?

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4.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.0/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 28/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low