CVE-2020-9708 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-9708

GHSL-2020-133: Insufficient validation of user input in resolveRepositoryPath function

Vulnerability Description

The resolveRepositoryPath function doesn't properly validate user input and a malicious user may traverse to any valid Git repository outside the repoRoot. This issue may lead to unauthorized access of private Git repositories as long as the malicious user knows or brute-forces the location of the repository.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered and reported by GHSL team member @JarLob (Jaroslav Lobačevski).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Helix
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: August 14th, 2020
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.