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CVE-2020-8161 (GCVE-0-2020-8161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
Summary
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in rack < 2.2.0 that allows an attacker perform directory traversal vulnerability in the Rack::Directory app that is bundled with Rack which could result in information disclosure.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-548 - Information Exposure Through Directory Listing (CWE-548)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a https://github.com/rack/rack Affected: Fixed in 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0
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