Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2020 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2020-9708GHSL-2020-133: Insufficient validation of user input in resolveRepositoryPath function
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Helix from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 12.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-24 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N