CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8161

8.6 HIGH Published 2020-07-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2020-07-02
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-22, CWE-548

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in rack < 2.2.0 that allows an attacker perform directory traversal vulnerability in the Rack::Directory app that is bundled with Rack which could result in information disclosure.

Affected configurations

• rack project rack (< 2.2.0) • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

Weakness · CWE (2)

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
CWE-548 Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing weakness

References

https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/IOO1vNZTzPA Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/434404 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4561-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/IOO1vNZTzPA Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/434404 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4561-1/ Third Party Advisory

CVE-2020-8161

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

References