High severity · published Oct 2, 2020
CVE-2020-25623
Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal
7.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to read arbitrary files, if httpd in the inets application is used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ER
Erlang/otp · Erlang
22.3.0 before 22.3.4.6; 23.0.0 before 23.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25623
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25623
Release Notes
https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-23.1
Release Notes
https://www.erlang.org/downloads
Vendor Advisory
https://www.erlang.org/news
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