CVE-2020-8161
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.1.1-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.1.1-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.1.1-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.1.1-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.1.1-5 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/T4ZIsfRf2eA
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8161.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8161
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/dddb7ad18ed79ca6ab06ccc417a169fde451246e
- https://github.com/rack/rack
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2020-8161.yml
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/IOO1vNZTzPA
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4561-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8161
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.