Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-36559

High

Published: 27 December 2022

Published
27 December 2022
Modified
11 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0201 84.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-36559 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Aahframework Aah. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

aahframework
aah
≤ 0.12.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References