CVE-2020-8214
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2020-07-20
- Fixed in3.3.2
- WeaknessCWE-22
Am I affected?
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Description
A path traversal vulnerability in servey version < 3 allows an attacker to read content of any arbitrary file.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2020-07-2016:15CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
OSV · NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | < 3.3.2 | 3.3.2 | OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ≥ 2.2.0, < 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update servey to 3.3.2
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-08
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22known since 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.0 %2026-11-08
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryHIGH2021-05-07
Identifiers
- EUVD-2021-1194same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-v3px-6cc8-f8j3same flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2020-07-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-v3px-6cc8-f8j3
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-v3px-6cc8-f8j3
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served